A Tale of Two Cities
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The Narrator
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Sydney Carton
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Lucie Manette
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Madame Defarge
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Charles Darnay
Character in A Tale of Two Cities
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Jarvis Lorry
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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"The Narrator Time
"How can you not wonder that I have borne it all"Lucie Manette Strength
"I am the resurrection and the life"The Narrator Faith
"It is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known"Sydney Carton Peace
"The streets were full of tumult"The Narrator War
"I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me"Sydney Carton Solitude
"There is always some head to be cut off"Madame Defarge War
"A man may not make himself"Charles Darnay
"The knitting will be done in a few days, and then will come the Guillotine"Madame Defarge Death
"I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul"Sydney Carton Love
"Recalled to Life"The Narrator
"It is far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done"Sydney Carton Courage
"I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss"Sydney Carton Hope
"There is a music in it which thrills me"Lucie Manette Beauty
"Vengeance and retribution require a mind to conceive them and an arm to execute them"Madame Defarge Justice
"The night is dark and I am far from home"Lucie Manette Fear
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"The Narrator Time
"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
"It is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known"Sydney Carton Peace
"The true measure of a man is what he does when no one is watching"Jarvis Lorry
"I see the good in others more clearly than I see it in myself"Lucie Manette Kindness
"The past clings to us like shadows we cannot escape"The Narrator History
"In times of great trouble, the best of humanity emerges"The Narrator Courage
"The heart knows truths that the mind cannot comprehend"Lucie Manette Wisdom
"I see that I am a dissolute creature, but I have it in me to be better"Sydney Carton
"Freedom cannot be purchased, only earned through suffering and struggle"The Narrator Freedom
"In the great machine of society, each person is but a small wheel"The Narrator Philosophy
"The resurrection comes not from outward circumstance but from inward faith"The Narrator Faith
"I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy"Sydney Carton
"The knitting goes on, the pattern is complete, and the result is written"The Narrator