Great+Expectations+Quotes

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"What do I touch?...Your heart....Broken!" (pg. 58, Pip and Miss Havisham are speaking),

"On this day of the year, long before you were born, this heap of decay was brought here. It and I have worn away together. The mice have gnawed at it, sharper teeth than the teeth of mice have gnawed at me" (pg. 89, Miss Havisham, and she is talking about her pain and also this is a direct symbol of herself).

"I know. I have no hope that I shall ever call you mine, Estella. I am ignorant what may become of me very soon, how poor I may be, or where I may go. Still, I love you. I have loved you ever since I first saw you in this house" (pg. 362, Pip speaking, and he is speaking to Estella about his love for her).

"Such a mean brute, such a stupid brute!" (pg.364, Pip speaking, and he is talking to Estella about her poor choice marrying Drummle).

"I had a ridiculous fancy that he must be with you, Mr. Pip, till I saw that you were quite unconscious of him, sitting behind you there, like a ghost" (pg.385. Mr. Wopsle, speaking to Pip about the strange man sitting behind him at the theater).

"I know I am quite myself. And the man we have in hiding down the river, is Estella's father." (pg. 408, Pip speaking to Herbert about the convict and how he is Estella's father).

"What I have done! What I have done!" (pg. 398, Miss Havisham talking about how she feels guilty about what Estella did to Pip).

"I wish it were only me got put out, Pip; I wish there warn't no Tickler for you old chap, I wish I could take it all on myself; but this is the up-and-down-and straight on it, Pip, and I hope you'll overlook short-comings. (Page 50 Joe talking to Pip about how he wishes he could take all of Mrs. Joes abuse).

Why of course he's not the right sort of man, Pip, because the man who fills the post of trust never is the right sort of man." ( page 244 Jaggers talking to Pip about Orlick).

"For, I find the truth to be Handel, that an opening won't come to one but one must go to it -- so I have been." (page 275 Herbert talking to Pip about how he's looking about him).