Great Expectations

"Whatever I do, I do it in a Perfectionist manner."

"Life is made of ever so many partings welded together."

"I have a way of not minding things."

"The course I cursed myself for, the year I cursed myself for, the moment I cursed myself for."

"It was the look of a gentleman."

"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching."

"I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness."

"Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence."

"It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home."

"I am afraid I am a coarse, common boy."

"I became conscious of a new feeling in my heart that I had not known before."

"Whatever comes, I shall face it with a stout heart."

"I had come into all this wealth under a delusion as to its source."

"The least I could do was not to rebel further against the fate I had brought upon myself."

"I was a laborer when I first knew her."

"My heart leapt at the thought of her."

"I am afraid I am a moral coward."

"The very wits were sharpened by the uncertainty."

"I have been the plaything of circumstance."

"It would be base in me to recall any mercenary remembrance of him."

"That was the beginning of my great expectations."

"I felt pain in every limb of my body."

"A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark."

"The finger of Providence was in this."

"I was not happy, but perhaps I was not meant to be."

"I felt that I was not sufficiently thankful to Providence."

"All the work, hard work, of my life has been to prepare myself for this moment."

"I was awakening to realities."

"I had ideated success to myself in many shapes."

"The time had come round when Miss Havisham wished to see Estella, and of course I had no choice but to obey."