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.
Pip — in Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Great Expectations, chapter IX; Exact wording and attribution checked. First-person narration by Pip.
- Great Expectations, chapter IX
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