Pip reflects on his past mistakes and regrets from "summary" of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) by Charles Dickens
In the course of my life, I have often found myself dwelling on the errors and misjudgments of my past. As I sit alone in my room, the flickering candlelight casting shadows upon the walls, I cannot help but reflect on the mistakes I have made and the regrets that haunt me. It is a curious thing, this tendency of the mind to linger on the unpleasant memories, to replay them over and over like a broken record. I think back to the days of my youth, when I was but a humble orphan boy, living in the care of my sister and her husband. How foolish and naive I was, how easily led astray by the allure of wealth and status. I allowed myself to be seduced by the false promises of a life beyond my means, to aspire to a greatness that was never meant for me. I think of the people I have wronged, the hearts I have broken, the friendships I have betrayed. How could I have been so blind, so oblivious to the pain and...
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