A Tale of Two Cities

"I see that child who lay upon your breast in the first passage of your own dark and dreadful time."

"If you could hear the gallop of my heart."

"In the shadow of the night, we learn the names of all we love."

"Fifty-two were counted, but of the invisible Fifty-third the count was as nothing."

"Business could not be transacted, and there was nothing else to do but work and moan."

"We shall not be separated in our burial."

"Tell me, is there anything on this earth more pitiful than a wasted life?"

"I have had unformed ideas of striving afresh, beginning anew, shaking off sloth and sensuality."

"The attic was as full of night-wind, and the house was as quiet, as if it were in the middle of a great forest."

"Better to be a little lowly with love, than not to be."

"There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast."

"Recalled to life."

"The sea rises; the wind shrieks; all nature is in tumult."

"I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul."

"If it be true that defects nourished become talents, this may be the talent of Mr. Stryver."

"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."

"There is a passion and a relaxation about Lucie Manette that must be perceived to be understood."

"I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me."

"No one is truly free until all are free"

"The love of my life burns eternal within my breast"

"She held him fast, as one holds what one loves most"

"In the strength of my devotion, I found my power"

"The year 1775 was a year of great upheaval and change"

"There is a resurrection and a future before us all"

"His wound to his vanity never fully healed"

"The child grew into a woman of grace and goodness"

"Justice has long been blind to such horrors"

"I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss"

"The night brought counsel and a feeling of calm resolution"

"All work must be paid for in the end"