A Tale of Two Cities

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Quotes from A Tale of Two Cities

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