“She stood looking at me, and, of course, I stood looking at her. "Am I pretty?" "Yes; I think you are very… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Anyhow, high school is just…The. Worst.” “Funny that you became a high school teacher, then,” I say, and she laughs again. “Something… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share Image
“Here my sister, after a fit of clappings and screamings, beat her hands upon her bosom and upon her knees, and threw… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Love is a source of anxiety until it is source of boredom; only friendship feeds the spirit. Love raises great expectations in… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I identified with Pip from 'Great Expectations,' especially when I was younger; I had the same kind of gaucheness and uncertainty. — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
It may be only small injustice that the child can be exposed to; but the child is small, and its world is… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“We put great expectations on our tomorrows when we truly need to rely on ourselves. Far too many overlook personal action, as… — Jay Long Copy Share Image
I have great expectations about 'Trance.' It has been in the making for two years and we shot in Kanyakumari in Tamil… — Dileesh Pothan Copy Share Image
“Lord, he thought, I can hardly wait. He laughed out loud. When was the last time you said that? When you were… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
It seems to me that at 19 or 20, a young man is burning to be great at something. I was. You… — Art Garfunkel Copy Share Image
I do not believe that our relationship to the earth is liable to change for the better until it gets catastrophically worse.… — Joseph Sittler Copy Share Image
“Moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures," replied Estella, with a glance towards him, "hover about a lighted candle. Can the candle… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“You don't have to be the greatest, but become the person for whom even the greatest will fear” — Ahemad R Kazi Copy Share Image
“...my awakening life. I am awake in the present. The present is today. Today is a great gift.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“How do you get through any of your classes?" Cath had hours of assigned reading, almost every single night. "Coping strategies." "Such… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“I snorted. “They still make you read Dickens in school? Great Expectations?” “Yeah.” “You can stay at home and hide if you… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
By choice, we have become a family, first in our hearts, and finally in breath and being. Great expectations are good; great… — Richard W. Fisher Copy Share Image
But since doing the film ["The Invisible Woman"] I've really learned to appreciate [Charles Dickens], he's phenomenal. "Great Expectations" would be one… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
Great Expectations [book by Charles Dickens] has been described as "Dickens's harshest indictment of society." Which it is. After all, it's about… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
“Cathy, don't look so defeated. She was only trying to put us down again. Maybe nothing did work out right for her,… — V.C. Andrews Copy Share Image
Great expectations are placed on this generation for the establishment of peaceful and neighborly relations in the North Caucasus. — Yunus-bek Yevkurov Copy Share Image