A Tale of Two Cities

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Quotes from A Tale of Two Cities

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"I see that child who lay upon your bosom and who bore your name"
Sydney Carton Family
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"Love is worth any price"
Lucie Manette Love
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"The grapes of Wrath are theirs"
The Narrator Justice
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"recalled to life"
The Narrator Hope
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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
The Narrator Time
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"I have found a purpose in my final hours."
Sydney Carton
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"The world judges by appearance, but truth lies beneath."
Jarvis Lorry Wisdom
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"What I have given, I cannot take back, though I wished it."
Sydney Carton
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"The promise I made transcends my own desires."
Charles Darnay
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"The threads of our lives are woven by hands we cannot see."
The Narrator
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"I have been recalled to a better life than I deserve."
Sydney Carton
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"A bench has been my kingdom and learning my crown."
Sydney Carton Education
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"These matters of the heart are beyond the reach of reason."
The Narrator Love
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"I go to my fate with a light heart."
Sydney Carton Courage
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"The bonds that unite us are forged in fire and sealed in blood."
Madame Defarge Family
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"I would give my life for one word from her lips."
Sydney Carton
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"The resurrection of a man takes many forms."
The Narrator Hope
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"A man may escape his chains but not his conscience."
The Narrator
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"I have seen greater things in her than in all the world besides."
Jarvis Lorry
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"The knitting needles click out the names of the condemned."
The Narrator Death
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"I see myself in you, though I am unworthy."
Sydney Carton
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"The crowd moves with the force of a river in flood."
The Narrator Power
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"Her beauty was but the reflection of her goodness."
Sydney Carton Beauty
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"I have purchased nothing but sorrow with my resistance."
Charles Darnay
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"The dread tribunal sits in judgment of us all."
The Narrator Fear
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"This property and I have an understanding."
Charles Darnay
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"We are not masters of the currents that move us."
The Narrator
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"The court of England has ways of measuring a man."
The Narrator
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"Better that these stones had not been moved at all."
Jarvis Lorry
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"The woodman, the farmer, and the doctor all serve a purpose."
The Narrator Philosophy