I have a heart to be stabbed in or shot in, I have no doubt, and, of c…

Charles Dickens
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I have a heart to be stabbed in or shot in, I have no doubt, and, of course, if it ceased to beat, I would cease to be. But you know what I mean. I have no softness there, no—sympathy—sentiment—nonsense. ✨ Charles Dickens (1881). Great Expectations, p.267
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I have a heart to be stabbed in or shot in, I have no doubt, and, of course, if it ceased to beat, I would cease to be. But you know what I mean. I have no softness there, no—sympathy—sentiment—nonsense. ✨ Charles Dickens (1881). Great Expectations, p.267

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