A Tale of Two Cities

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Quotes from A Tale of Two Cities

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"Vengeance and retribution require a calm hand"
Madame Defarge Justice
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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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"A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret"
The Narrator Philosophy
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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 History
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"I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live"
The Narrator Faith
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"All is lost except the will to endure"
The Narrator Strength
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"Hope was the last thing to die in her breast"
The Narrator Hope
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"She has a power over me that I cannot explain"
Sydney Carton
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"The way was long, but the heart was willing"
The Narrator Perseverance
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"I am not myself, but some other man"
Sydney Carton
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"The time for truth has come at last"
Sydney Carton Truth
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"In her face was written the story of her suffering"
The Narrator
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"The door was barred, and none could enter save those who carried the token"
The Narrator
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"Better to be remembered as having lived well than to live long"
The Narrator
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"I shall embrace that hour when it comes"
Sydney Carton
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"I have survived to see this day"
Madame Defarge Perseverance
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"The knitting done, the pattern was complete"
The Narrator
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"I am willing to lay down my life for her peace"
Sydney Carton
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in the face of it"
Charles Darnay Courage
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"The sea was our only road, and it was long and dark"
The Narrator
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"The last and the first shall be as one"
The Narrator
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"She shall never know of my love"
Sydney Carton
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"I love the very ground she walks on"
Sydney Carton Love
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"The night was dark and misty, as if the very air was troubled"
The Narrator
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"The wood had a most respectable appearance"
The Narrator Nature
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"A gentleman and lady are proceeding toward the grating"
The Narrator
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"I am not a monstrous rarity in my small way"
Sydney Carton
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"Sorrow was the only response she made"
The Narrator
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"Every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other"
The Narrator Philosophy
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"The golden thread runs through the darkness"
The Narrator Hope