A Tale of Two Cities

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Quotes from A Tale of Two Cities

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"His mind was a theatre of tempestuous emotion"
The Narrator
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"The beauty of her composure commanded silence"
The Narrator Beauty
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"I resolve to do this"
Charles Darnay
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"He had become the shadow that walks by day"
The Narrator Solitude
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"Vengeance is the pursuit of those who have nothing left to lose"
The Narrator Justice
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"She looked at him with tender regard"
The Narrator Love
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"The fruits of his labors are now evident"
The Narrator Work
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"The resurrection of the dead, the awakening of the forgotten"
The Narrator
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"My life is fully occupied, and satisfactory"
Lucie Manette Happiness
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"She is a great woman, and a capable one"
Sydney Carton Strength
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"The wine spills, the wine flows like blood"
The Narrator
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"I see death coming, and I do not fear it"
Sydney Carton Courage
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"There is a passion and power in this place that moves me deeply"
Lucie Manette
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"Love is not time's fool"
Charles Darnay Love
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"The night comes, the night always comes"
The Narrator Death
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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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"A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night"
The Narrator Philosophy
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"The woodman said the word, his wife and daughter will have bread that day"
The Narrator Justice
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"Recalled to life"
The Narrator Hope
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"I am the resurrection and the life"
Sydney Carton Faith
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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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"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 was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
The Narrator Time
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"The sun is setting upon it all"
The Narrator Nature
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"Vengeance and retribution require a sea and a storm"
Madame Defarge Justice
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"Love is a great beautifier"
The Narrator Love
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"I see Bars of a different kind to be passed between you and me"
Sydney Carton
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"If you recall the words that passed between us long ago, you will perhaps remember that I made a solemn pledge"
Sydney Carton 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