Great Expectations - Key Quotes (Fill in the Gaps) Flashcards
“worn smooth by collision with…”
“…my tickled frame”
“I raised him…”
“…by hand”
“He’s a liar born and…”
“…he’ll die a liar”
“It’ll do you small good, my man, …”
“…being in the same plight yourself”
“I didn’t see…”
“…but I didn’t say so”
“Her light came along the long passage…”
“…like a star”
“He calls the knaves…”
“…Jacks this boy!”
“And what coarse hands he has. And…”
“…what thick boots”
“I had never thought to be ashamed of my hands before. But…”
“…I began to consider them rather an indifferent pair”
“That was a memorable day for me…”
“…for it made great changes in me”
“You may kiss me…”
“…if you like”
“I felt that the kiss was given to the coarse common boy…”
“…as a piece of money might have been and that it was worth nothing”
“Break their hearts my pride and hope, …”
“…break their hearts and have no mercy”
“I am afraid I was ashamed of the dear good fellow…”
“… - I know I was ashamed of him”
“It is the most miserable thing…”
“…to feel ashamed of home”
“Biddy, I want…”
“…to be a gentleman”
“Do you want to be a gentleman…”
“…to spite her or to gain her”
“What would it signify to me, being coarse and common, …”
“…if no one had told me so!”
“I am disgusted with…”
“…my calling and my life”
“My wild fancy was surpassed…”
“…by sober reality”
“I’m so awful dull. I’m only…”
“…a master of my own trade”
“You are envious, Biddy, …”
“…and grudging”
“Saying to myself that London…”
“…was highly overrated”
“In London it is not custom to…”
“…put the knife in the mouth”
“No varnish can…”
“…hide the grain of the wood”
“Fingers tracing over…”
“…the painted letters of my name”
“As it is there drawd…”
“…to architectooralooral”
“I know what you mean…”
“…as a form of words. Nothing more.”
“Love her, …”
“…love her, love her!”
“I am what you…”
“…have made me”
“But to be proud and hard…”
“…to me!”
“You’re my son…”
“…more to me nor any son”
“You made your own snares. …”
“…I never made them”
“You are part of my existence…”
“…part of myself”
“I want forgiveness and direction far too much…”
“…to be bitter with you”
“What have I done! …”
“…What have I done!”
“I saw the shadow of…”
“…no parting from her”
