The Narrator

"The great sea had them, and it will have them for ever and ever"

"When the grinding wheel of the Revolution gathers momentum, it crushes all before it"

"She counted the rings; they were not many and clear"

"The suffering of one innocent man is the seed of revolution's downfall"

"Darkness and light, night and day, life and death—all are but shadows of greater truths"

"The fetters fall away, and men stand upright at last"

"The wine spilled upon the stones cries out for vengeance"

"In the eyes of the law, all men are equal—but in the eyes of society, never"

"What depths of love and devotion can the human heart contain? Who knows their full measure?"

"The aristocracy trembles at the sound of marching feet"

"She was his anchor in the storm, his light in the darkness"

"We are prisoners all—of circumstance, of birth, of our own nature"

"The child will know nothing of the suffering that bought her happiness"

"In the shadow of the guillotine, all pretense falls away"

"He gave his life willingly, and in that giving found redemption"

"Resurrection comes not only to the body but to the soul"

"It is the unloving that suffer most under the weight of their own hearts"

"Every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other"

"There is a kind of greatness in his insignificance"

"The night comes on when no man can work"

"A place that was not to be forgotten"

"Recalled to Life"

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

"The wine shop bore the modest inscription, Monsieur Defarge"

"The night is dark and I am far from home"

"The quiet of the rooms was broken only by the ticking of the clock"

"She looked at him with tenderness and sorrow"

"The golden thread runs through the darkness"

"Every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other"

"Sorrow was the only response she made"