Mrs. Lammle's manner changed under the poor silly girl's embraces, and she turned extremely pale: directing one appealing look, first to Mrs. Boffin, and then to Mr. Boffin. Both understood her instantly, with a more delicate subtlety than much better educated people, whose perception came less directly from the heart, could have brought to bear upon the case.

I am what you designed me to be.I am your blade. You cannot now complain if you also feel the hurt

Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords, as any polysyllable in the language.

My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.

I never see any difference in boys. I only know two sorts of boys. Mealy boys and beef-faced boys.

I stole her heart away and put ice in its place.

Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure.