"Great Expectations" Quotes
A young orphan named Pip navigates through the complexities of love, social class, and the pursuit of great expectations.
classics | 436 pages | Published in 1992
Quotes
I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be.
I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.
Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.
I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze to death, and see no help or pity in all the glittering multitude.
The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible.
I'll tell you... what real love is. It is blind devotion, unquestioning self-humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your whole heart and soul to the smiter.
