A Tale of Two Cities

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Quotes from A Tale of Two Cities

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"The wine merchant's voice was calm and measured"
The Narrator Peace
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"I am the resurrection and the life"
Sydney Carton Faith
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"She was a golden-haired child when he left her in the village"
The Narrator Family
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"His was a solemn resolve to make a new man of himself"
The Narrator Change
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"I feel as though I were floating in air"
Lucie Manette Happiness
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"The good of tomorrow is brought to pass by the acts of today"
The Narrator Wisdom
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"I have a charmed life"
Sydney Carton
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"His life has been one long struggle against misfortune"
The Narrator Perseverance
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"O Miss, it was so dreadful, so very dreadful"
Lucie Manette Fear
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"There never was, and never will be, any reason for my marrying anybody"
Sydney Carton Solitude
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"Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers"
The Narrator Perseverance
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"He had been driven and lashed into this evil by years of oppression"
The Narrator Justice
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"Those two noble souls embraced each other when the time came"
The Narrator Friendship
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"I have not the power to tell you all that I have in my heart"
Charles Darnay Truth
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"How much of the impurity of his life is traceable to this influence"
The Narrator Philosophy
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"She looked at the stranger with an air of quiet gentleness"
The Narrator Kindness
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"The night wore on, and the darkness prevailed"
The Narrator Hope
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"Darkness had fallen on the village, and the light of a lamp was a yellow blotch on the night"
The Narrator Time
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"The sea, though it whitened in the night with foam, was yet unwilling"
The Narrator Nature
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"I have had unformed ideas of striving afresh, beginning anew, shaking off sloth and sensuality"
Sydney Carton Change
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"There is no one who will miss me or care for my fate"
Sydney Carton
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"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done"
Sydney Carton Courage
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"The war-like and energetic personality of Monseigneur is displayed in his dress"
The Narrator Power
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"Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule"
The Narrator Justice
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"I pass my life miserably, almost in hiding"
Lucie Manette Fear
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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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"If you remember the words of madness you will understand this man"
Lucie Manette Wisdom
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"There is a quality of magnanimity in misfortune which ennobles even despair"
The Narrator Courage
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"I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me"
Sydney Carton Solitude
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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