Summary And Analysis Of 'Some Important Quotes From' Great Expectations

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The author’s message is, the decisions we make and the habits we choose now, will follow us forever and wherever we go. He says that we should form good habits to get to good places in life. And if you don’t want to be anyone or go anywhere in life, have bad habits .Clearly ,if we have good habits right now, then we will have a good life in the future, and vice versa. “If you do the thing you will have the power” interested me as soon as I set my eyes on it. It has special meaning to me. To me, it’s basically saying to never give up on what you want, and if you do that then you will be where you want in life. It really reached out to me because I want to be a very successful person in life, and if I keep

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