Madame Defarge

Character in A Tale of Two Cities From: A Tale of Two Cities

Revolutionary with vengeful determination

30 quotes

"Vengeance and retribution require a calm hand and an obstinate heart"
Justice
"I have a power over your heart and soul"
Power
"There is no escape"
Justice
"There is a great crowd coming one day into our lives"
"Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule"
Justice
"Cruel as the grave, and hungry as the grave; evil is the hunger of the stones"
"I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me"
Solitude
"Vengeance and retribution require a calm hand"
Justice
"I have survived to see this day"
Perseverance
"Vengeance and retribution require a calm hand"
Justice
"The time is not come yet"
Time
"Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule"
"Vengeance and retribution require a mind to conceive them and an arm to execute them"
Justice
"The knitting will be done in a few days, and then will come the Guillotine"
Death
"There is always some head to be cut off"
War
"Justice has long been blind to such horrors"
Justice
"No one is truly free until all are free"
Freedom
"Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule."
Justice
"Freedom is worth the price of blood."
Freedom
"The knitting machine never stops, and neither does fate."
"There is nothing more terrible than one who believes he has the right"
Power
"The knitting of the guillotine is done"
"Vengeance is mine, says the Lord, but we shall take it ourselves"
"Vengeance and retribution require a sea and a storm"
Justice
"In the name of the Republic, in the name of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death."
Politics
"Vengeance and retribution require a calm hand."
Justice
"The bonds that unite us are forged in fire and sealed in blood."
Family
"There is a fire within her that burns bright"
Strength
"Knitting is a dangerous occupation for the mind"
Politics
"Vengeance and retribution require a calm hand, said Madame Defarge"
Justice