A Tale of Two Cities

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Quotes from A Tale of Two Cities

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"As to me, I am tormented by my sensations"
Sydney Carton Fear
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"Sorrow and fear are apt to shake us from our balance"
The Narrator Fear
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"The great advantage of a book is that it has an end"
The Narrator Literature
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"Every human creature is bound to be a mystery"
The Narrator Wisdom
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"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done"
Sydney Carton Courage
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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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"Pleasure and pain have equal dominion over all life"
The Narrator Philosophy
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"One of the most remarkable characteristics of the passion is its universality"
The Narrator Love
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"How can the small powers of human nature meet such demands upon it"
The Narrator Strength
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"The golden thread that united them"
The Narrator Relationships
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"There are depths of tenderness in her, which I have believed to be wanting"
Charles Darnay Love
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"I am the resurrection and the life"
The Narrator Faith
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"Recalled to life"
Jarvis Lorry Hope
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"But, indeed, when I sum up my life, I find little to be proud of except my trust"
Lucie Manette Faith
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"Sacrifice could be made, in a moment of good feeling, much more easily than could be repented of, in the long solitary hours"
The Narrator Patience
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"The wine was red wine, and had stained the ground of the narrow street"
The Narrator History
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"I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss"
Sydney Carton Hope
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"Courage was glowing in the breast of this brave man"
The Narrator Courage
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"There is a kind of nobility in all adversity"
The Narrator Strength
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"I would ask you, dearest, to have the goodness to think often of the friend who is so much in your thoughts"
Lucie Manette Relationships
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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 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 resurrection, and a way back to life"
The Narrator Hope
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"The only certainty in this world is death and taxes"
The Narrator Truth
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"A soothsayer once said to a doctor, 'Doctor, I have lost all my feeling'"
The Narrator Humor
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"I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy"
Sydney Carton Hope
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"I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me"
Sydney Carton
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"Recalled to Life"
The Narrator
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"There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of England"
The Narrator History
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"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known"
Sydney Carton