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Quotation from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

“I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.”

Charles Dickens (spoken by Estella)

Great Expectations, Chapter LIX (Project Gutenberg #1400, 1867 edition text)

Portrait of Charles Dickens

In the ruins of Satis House, Estella tells Pip that suffering has taught her to understand his heart.

Citation: "I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape." — Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter LIX (Project Gutenberg #1400, 1867 edition text). (id great-expectations-q12)

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