A Tale of Two Cities

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Quotes from A Tale of Two Cities

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"There are shadows on this road, and they are thickening"
Jarvis Lorry Fear
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"My father's son, my father's child"
Sydney Carton Family
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"I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul"
Sydney Carton Dreams
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"The old, old fashion!—it is the same fashion as a dead and gone man's, who had your name"
Sydney Carton Death
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"It is enough that you said so, and that I believe you"
Lucie Manette
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"I see that child who lay upon her bosom and who bore my name, a man winning his way up in that path of life which once was mine"
Sydney Carton
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"I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy"
Sydney Carton Inspiration
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"If you had seen the danger of such a consolidated power, and were impressed with the apprehension of it, would you have acted as you acted?"
Sydney Carton Power
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"The night is dark and I am far from home"
Sydney Carton Solitude
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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"
The Narrator Hope
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"I am the resurrection and the life"
Sydney Carton Faith
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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
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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
The Narrator Time
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"To sacrifice oneself for another is the highest expression of love and honor"
The Narrator
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"The greatest revolution is not political, but the transformation of the human heart"
The Narrator
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"Even in the face of death, the human spirit can find peace and meaning"
Sydney Carton Faith
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"A man's true nature is revealed not in his words, but in his actions when tested"
The Narrator
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"The pursuit of justice must sometimes override the pursuit of personal happiness"
Charles Darnay Justice
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"Kindness and mercy are not signs of weakness, but of the greatest strength"
Lucie Manette Strength
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"The resurrection of the dead begins not with the body, but with the soul"
The Narrator
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"To love truly is to love without expectation of return or reward"
Sydney Carton Love
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"In the end, it is not the length of our lives that matters, but the mark we leave upon the world"
Sydney Carton
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"The truth, however painful, is always preferable to the most comforting of lies"
The Narrator Truth
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"The love of a good woman can transform even the most wretched of men"
The Narrator Love
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"Great changes in the world are often preceded by great suffering and tribulation"
The Narrator Change
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"The past, no matter how dark, cannot define our future unless we allow it to"
Sydney Carton Wisdom
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"In the darkest hour, hope is often the only light that sustains us"
Lucie Manette Hope
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"The bonds of friendship are stronger than iron and deeper than the ocean"
The Narrator Friendship