tale of two cities book 3 quotes

a life u love

carson

"I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss, and, in their struggles to be truly free, in their triumphs and defeats, through long years to come, I see the evil of this time and of the previous time of which this is the natural birth, gradually making expiation for itself and wearing out." (3.15.46)

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"I see him winning it so well, that my name is made illustrious there by the light of his. I see the blots I threw upon it, faded away." (3.15.49)

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"I see that I hold a sanctuary in their hearts, and in the hearts of their descendants, generations hence." (3.15.48)

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it is a far better thing that i do than i have ever done

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"For you, citizen?"

chemist

"There is nothing more to do," said he, glancing upward at the moon, "until to-morrow. I can't sleep."

chemist

"You will be careful to keep them separate, citizen? You know the consequences of mixing them?"

chemist

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chemist

"Well, well," reasoned Defarge, "but one must stop somewhere. After all, the question is still where?"

defarge

Are you dying for him?"

lucie

"I care nothing for this Doctor, I. He may wear his head or lose it, for any interest I have in him; it is all one to me. But, the Evrémonde people are to be exterminated, and the wife and child must follow the husband and father." (3.14.6)

madame defarge

"My husband, fellow-citizen, is a good Republican and a bold man; he has deserved well of the Republic, and possesses its confidence. But my husband has his weaknesses, and he is so weak as to relent towards this Doctor." (3.14.4)

madame defarge

"Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop," returned madame; "but don't tell me." (3.12.36)

madame defarge

Judge you! Is it likely that the trouble of one wife and mother would be much to us now?

madame defarge

What private solicitude could rear itself against the deluge of the Year One of Liberty—the deluge rising from below, not falling from above, and with the windows of Heaven shut, not opened!

manette

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manette

"I am desperate. I don't care an English Twopence for myself. I know that the longer I keep you here, the greater hope there is for my Ladybird." (3.14.85)

miss pross

"[...] the short and the long of it is, that I am a subject of His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Third"; Miss Pross curtseyed at the name; "and as such, my maxim is, Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On him our hopes we fix, God save the King!" (3.7.18)

miss pross

Miss Pross recalled soon afterwards, and to the end of her life remembered, that [...] there was a braced purpose in the arm and a kind of inspiration in the eyes, which not only contradicted his light manner, but changed and raised the man. (3.8.53)

miss pross

I am not afraid to die, Citizen Evrémonde, but I have done nothing. I am not unwilling to die, if the Republic which is to do so much good to us poor, will profit by my death; but I do not know how that can be, Citizen Evrémonde. Such a poor weak little creature!

seamstress

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.

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