"Take another glass of wine, and excuse my mentioning that society as a body does not expect one to be so strictly conscientious in emptying one's glass, as to turn it bottom upwards with the rim on one's nose." ~ Great Expectations
Great Expectations Quotes
Great Expectations was the thirteenth novel of Charles Dickens. Its initial publication was in All the Year Round, a weekly periodical founded and owned by Dickens. We hope you enjoy this collection of 57 quotes from Great Expectations.
The Office is One Thing
“No, the office is one thing, and private life is another. When I go into the office, I leave the Castle behind me, and when I come into the Castle, I leave the office behind me.” ~ Great Expectations
That was a memorable day
That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day. ~ Great Expectations
So, Estella and I went
So, Estella and I went out into the garden by the gate through which I had strayed to my encounter with the pale young gentleman, now Herbert; I, trembling in spirit and worshipping the very hem of her dress; she, quite composed and most decidedly not worshipping the hem of mine. ~ Great Expectations
Mr. and Mrs. Pocket’s children…
I saw that Mr. and Mrs. Pocket’s children were not growing up or being brought up, but were tumbling up. ~ Great Expectations
As to what I dare
“As to what I dare, I’m a old bird now, as has dared all manner of traps since first he was fledged, and I’m not afeerd to perch upon a scarecrow. If there’s Death hid inside of it, there is, and let him come out, and I’ll face him, and then I’ll believe in him and not afore. ” ~ Great Expectations
It is a most miserable
It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home. ~ Great Expectations
The man, after looking at
The man, after looking at me for a moment, turned me upside down,and emptied my pockets. There was nothing in them but a piece of bread. ~ Great Expectations
After that, he drank all
After that, he drank all the rest of the sherry, and Mr. Hubble drank the port, and the two talked (which I have since observed to be customary in such cases) as if they were of quite another race from the deceased, and were notoriously immortal. ~ Great Expectations
So now, as an infallible
So now, as an infallible way of making little ease great ease, I began to contract a quantity of debt. ~ Great Expectations
