A Tale of Two Cities

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Quotes from A Tale of Two Cities

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"Hope and despair are neighbors in the soul"
Sydney Carton Hope
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"The wheel of justice turns, though slowly"
The Narrator Justice
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"In resurrection, we find redemption"
The Narrator Faith
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"The women knit as the Revolution consumes itself"
The Narrator
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"Love and sacrifice are the same coin"
The Narrator Love
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"The Doctor's reputation is forged in the chains of his past"
The Narrator History
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"In my solitude I find my strength"
Sydney Carton Strength
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"To love her was to protect her innocence"
Charles Darnay Love
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"You pierce my soul. I feel as though you know me intimately"
Sydney Carton Relationships
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"I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me"
Sydney Carton Solitude
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"Tomorrow is my birthday"
Lucie Manette Time
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"The wine is spilled, the stain will not fade"
The Narrator
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"Vengeance and retribution require a calm hand, said Madame Defarge"
Madame Defarge Justice
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"I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy"
Sydney Carton Dreams
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"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known"
Sydney Carton Courage
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"Recalled to life"
The Narrator Hope
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"The echoes of your words ring in my mind like a bell that will not stop"
Sydney Carton Inspiration
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"There is a great crowd coming one day into our lives, if that be so"
Lucie Manette Hope
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"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other"
The Narrator Philosophy
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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
The Narrator Time
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"The most miserable of all human conditions"
The Narrator
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"Better that these stone faces should frown upon my rest than the living should avenge"
Sydney Carton Peace
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"I am the resurrection and the life"
The Narrator Faith
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"The fetters fall away and light breaks in"
The Narrator Freedom
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"Knitting is a dangerous occupation for the mind"
Madame Defarge Politics
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"I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul"
Sydney Carton Love
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"We are all under sentence of death"
The Narrator Death
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"There is a fire within her that burns bright"
Madame Defarge Strength
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"The woodman and the farmer know better than to expect the spring"
The Narrator Wisdom
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"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done"
Sydney Carton