Estella:
1. “I have no heart,” said Estella.
2. “You must know,” said Estella, “that I have no heart.”
3. “Do you admire her?” said Estella, with a narrowing glance at me.
4. “I am what you have made me. Take all the praise, take all the blame; take all the success, take all the failure; in short, take me.”
5. “I am not to be given to any one but the men I choose.”
6. “I am tired of myself tonight. I should like to be somebody else.”
7. “I have no softness there, no—sympathy—sentiment—nonsense.”
8. “You may kiss me, if you like.”
9. “I am glad to have the chance of bidding you good-bye, Mr. Pip.”
10. “You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read.”
11. “You must know that I have no wish to leave you.”
12. “You must know that I have never thought of you as a friend.”
13. “I cannot love you.”
14. “I cannot choose but remain part of your character.”
15. “I am what you have made me, take all the praise, take all the blame.”
Miss Havisham:
1. “I am what you have made me, take all the praise, take all the blame.”
2. “I have no heart,” said Estella’s mother.
3. “I want to be loved,” she whispered, at length. “I want to be loved.”
4. “Love her, love her, love her!”
5. “What have I done! What have I done!”
6. “You must know,” said Miss Havisham, “that I have suffered.”
7. “I am tired of living. I have been dead these many years.”
8. “I have a heart to be stabbed in or shot in, I have no doubt, and, of course, if it ceased to beat, I should cease to be.”
9. “I am a decayed gentlewoman.”
10. “Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching.”
11. “I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.”
12. “There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth.”
13. “I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.”
14. “I was always in debt to him.”
15. “I have been scorched and scorched again.”
Pip:
1. “I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.”
2. “I was in mortal terror of the young man who wanted my heart and liver.”
3. “My thoughts, as I have said before, were elsewhere, and when they returned to me, they returned with a tendency to concentrate themselves upon the figure of the pale young gentleman who had given me the letter.”
4. “I felt that I had been very far away, in some remote corner of the earth.”
5. “I was not designed for any profession or calling, but was sent out to Australia to make my fortune there.”
6. “I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.”
7. “It was a rimy morning, and very damp. I had seen the damp lying on the outside of my little window, as if some goblin had been crying there all night, and
8. “I had no hope of leaving the place; I had no money.”
9. “I could never love any woman who could love me for my money.”
10. “I had not only lost the hope of being my own boss, but had lost the hope of being anything else.”
11. “I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.”
12. “I had seen nothing of Estella since I had left her at Richmond.”
13. “My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening.”
14. “I wanted to ask questions, but I did not like to bother him.”
15. “I felt that for Estella’s sake, I would do anything.”
Book Summary:
“Great Expectations” is a novel by Charles Dickens published in 1861. It tells the story of a young boy named Pip who lives with his abusive sister and her husband in a small village in England. One day, Pip encounters an escaped convict, who threatens him into stealing food and a file to help him escape. Later, Pip is taken to the house of Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who lives in a decaying mansion with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip falls in love with Estella, but she is cold and aloof, taught by Miss Havisham to break men’s hearts.
Pip later receives an unexpected inheritance from an anonymous benefactor, and he goes to London to become a gentleman. There he meets Herbert Pocket, who becomes his friend and helps him adjust to life in the city. Pip becomes involved with the beautiful but mercenary Belle Havisham, and his desire to become a gentleman alienates him from his humble roots and friends.
Eventually, Pip discovers that his mysterious benefactor is a convict named Abel Magwitch, whom he had helped years before. Magwitch reveals that he is Estella’s father, and he also tells Pip that he is in danger from his old enemy, Compeyson, who is also in London. Pip helps Magwitch to escape, but they are caught and Magwitch dies in prison.
In the end, Pip is left with nothing but his memories and his love for Estella. Miss Havisham dies, and Estella marries a man who had once courted Belle Havisham. Pip returns to his village, reconciles with Joe and Biddy, and realizes that his true happiness lies not in wealth or social status, but in the love and loyalty of those who have always been by his side.
“Great Expectations” is a story of love, ambition, and redemption, as well as a commentary on social class and the harsh realities of Victorian England.
