A Tale of Two Cities

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Quotes from A Tale of Two Cities

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"I have sought to love and to be loved, but I am unworthy of either"
Sydney Carton Love
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"The footsteps echo through the darkness, telling their own story"
The Narrator
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"There is a secret understanding among all who have truly lived"
The Narrator Wisdom
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"Every soul has its own key to unlock the mysteries of the human heart"
The Narrator Philosophy
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"The eye of the hurricane contains a strange peace"
The Narrator Peace
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"I have sometimes thought of doing a great deed, but I am too poor a creature"
Sydney Carton
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"The night was dark, the way was dreary, and the going was slow"
The Narrator
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"I have always been wandering; I am never steady"
Sydney Carton Perseverance
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"What I do, I do for her memory and for the living"
Sydney Carton Motivation
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"The strong pulse of love and generosity warmed and cheered us"
Lucie Manette Love
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"Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule"
Madame Defarge
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"The times were so hard that the very stones of Paris seemed to bleed"
The Narrator War
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"In love, I have been constant and true"
Charles Darnay Love
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"There is nothing in you to like; I have the profoundest objection to almost all you do and are"
Sydney Carton
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"I see Scores of people immediately around us, with the absolute certitude that some among this number will inevitably be summoned"
The Narrator Death
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"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done"
Sydney Carton
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"The only sure thing is change itself"
The Narrator Change
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"That which is mightiest has but a brief time to reign"
The Narrator Time
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"The whole of this terrible Revolution were concentrated in his sight"
The Narrator War
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"I feel towards you as the Devil himself might"
Sydney Carton Fear
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"Keep your head and heart above the world"
Lucie Manette Courage
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"The Tree of Liberty has grown up so fast there is not time to clear the ground"
The Narrator Politics
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"I would ask you, then, do not reject the advances I make in the simple faith of a man who knows his own delects"
Sydney Carton Relationships
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"One Knitting Woman is a fearful power"
The Narrator Power
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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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"Recalled to Life"
Jarvis Lorry Hope
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"There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an estimate of our national wealth"
The Narrator Philosophy
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"I am a Resurrection and a Life, saith the Lord"
The Narrator Faith
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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"
The Narrator Time
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"There is a nobleness in knowing one's place and serving it well."
The Narrator Wisdom