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“...she would have derived only pain, and no pleasure, from giving me pain; she would far rather have wounded her own breast than mine.” — Charles Dickens · Great Expectations. Illustrated QuoteGeek card.

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Charles Dickens · Great Expectations

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“...she would have derived only pain, and no pleasure, from giving me pain; she would far rather have wounded her own breast than mine.” — Charles Dickens · Great Expectations

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