Finn I'm not going to tell the story the way it happened. I'm going to tell it the way I remember it.
Most-quoted character in Great Expectations (1998): in 9 of its 14 quotes
A line from FinnThe night all of my dreams came true, and like all happy endings, it was a tragedy, of my own device, for I succeeded. I had cut myself loose from Joe, from the past, from the Gulf, from poverty I had invented myself. I'd done it cruelly, but I had done it. I was free!
More lines from Finn
8 quotes Finn Finn What's it like not to feel anything?
Finn I knew that little girl and I saw the light in her eyes, and no matter what you say or do, that's still what I see.
Finn Seven years passed, I stopped going to Paradiso Perduto, I stopped painting. I put aside the fantasy and the wealthy, and the heavenly girl who did not want me. None of it would happen to me again. I'd seen through it. I elected to grow up.
Finn If this isn't love, I don't think I can handle the real thing, baby.
Finn It's my heart, and it's broken.
Finn Everything I have ever done, I've done for you.
Finn I did it! I did it! I am a wild success! I sold 'em all, all my paintings. You don't have to be embarrassed by me anymore, I'm rich! Isn't that what you wanted, aren't we happy now. Don't you understand, that everything I do, I do it for you. Anything, that might be special in me, is you.
