She was truest to them in the season of trial, as all the quietly loyal and good will always be. ~ A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities Quotes
A Tale of Two Cities was written by Charles Dickens and published in 1859. It was the twelfth novel of Charles Dickens. We hope you enjoy this collection of A Tale of Two Cities quotes.
Sadly sadly the sun rose
Sadly, sadly, the sun rose; it rose upon no sadder sight than the man of good abilities and good emotions, incapable of their directed exercise, incapable of his own help and his own happiness, sensible of the blight on him, and resigning him-self to let it eat him away. ~ A Tale of Two Cities
The leprosy of unreality disfigured
The leprosy of unreality disfigured every human creature in attendance. ~ A Tale of Two Cities
“I see a beautiful city
“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.” ~ A Tale of Two Cities
He lowered the window, and
He lowered the window, and looked out at the rising sun. There was a ridge of ploughed land, with a plough upon it where it had been left last night when the horses were unyoked; beyond, a quiet coppice-wood, in which many leaves of burning red and golden yellow still remained upon the trees. Though the earth was cold and wet, the sky was clear, and the sun rose bright, placid, and beautiful. ~ A Tale of Two Cities
The two stand in the
The two stand in the fast-thinning throng of victims, but they speak as if they were alone. Eye to eye, voice to voice, hand to hand, heart to heart, these two children of the Universal Mother, else so wide apart and differing, have come together on the dark highway, to repair home together, and to rest in her bosom. ~ A Tale of Two Cities
