--- title: "19 Tale of two cities Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 19 Tale of two cities quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Tale of two cities sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/amy-bloom-4288_anyone_when-i-was-a-little-girl-i-thought-i-was_2984337.png" --- > [When I was a little girl, I thought I was Sydney Carton in Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-bloom/when-i-was-a-little-girl-i-thought-i-was-sydney-carton-in-dickens-a/) [Amy Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-bloom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/amy-bloom-4288_anyone_when-i-was-a-little-girl-i-thought-i-was_2984337.png) > [I love your daughter fondly, dearly, disinterestedly, devotedly. If ever there were love in the world, I love her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-love-your-daughter-fondly-dearly-disinterestedly-devotedly-if-ever/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/charles-dickens-34_children_i-love-your-daughter-fondly-dearly-disin_1356249.jpg) > [When I was 14 or 15, our teacher introduced us to Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' It was just for entertainment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dermot-healy/when-i-was-14-or-15-our-teacher-introduced-us-to-dickens-a-tale-of/) [Dermot Healy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dermot-healy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a6/dermot-healy-43113_cities_when-i-was-14-or-15-our-teacher-introduc_1419714.png) > [Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh. Six tumbrils carry the day's wine to La Guillotine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/along-the-paris-streets-the-death-carts-rumble-hollow-and-harsh-six/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5da/charles-dickens-34_carts_along-the-paris-streets-the-death-carts_634723.jpg) > [Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/repression-is-the-only-lasting-philosophy-the-dark-deference-of-fear/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/charles-dickens-34_attitude_repression-is-the-only-lasting-philosoph_2404939.jpg) > [“We must make the American people hear our Tale of Two Cities. We must convince them that we don't have to settle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-cuomo/we-must-make-the-american-people-hear-our-tale-of-two-cities-we-must/) [Mario Cuomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-cuomo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9b/mario-cuomo-4807_american-people_we-must-make-the-american-people-hear-ou_679115.jpg) > [New York is a tale of two cities. You have the gilded city and the other city, and the core of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-torres/new-york-is-a-tale-of-two-cities-you-have-the-gilded-city-and-the/) [Ritchie Torres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-torres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/ritchie-torres-6334_authority_new-york-is-a-tale-of-two-cities-you-hav_1384584.jpg) > [People talk about places like Mumbai as a tale of two cities, as if the rich and poor don't have anything to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/people-talk-about-places-like-mumbai-as-a-tale-of-two-cities-as-if/) [Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/katherine-boo-7467_about_people-talk-about-places-like-mumbai-as_1550468.png) > [Château and hut, stone face and dangling figure, the red stain on the stone floor, and the pure water in the village…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/ch-teau-and-hut-stone-face-and-dangling-figure-the-red-stain-on-the/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/charles-dickens-34_acres_ch-teau-and-hut-stone-face-and-dangling_229526.jpg) > [Oh, do you have A Tale of Two Cities?" "That silly thing? Men going around getting their heads chopped off for love?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/oh-do-you-have-a-tale-of-two-cities-that-silly-thing-men-going-around/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/cassandra-clare-9_advice_oh-do-you-have-a-tale-of-two-cities-that_450130.jpg) > [I had read a Tale of Two Cities and found it up to my standards as a romantic novel. She opened the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-had-read-a-tale-of-two-cities-and-found-it-up-to-my-standards-as-a/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/maya-angelou-104_books_i-had-read-a-tale-of-two-cities-and-foun_1417774.png) > [“July 1905 issue of McClure’s Magazine was titled “Ohio: A Tale of Two Cities.” He pointed out the corruption in Cincinnati and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-scott-williams/july-1905-issue-of-mcclure-s-magazine-was-titled-ohio-a-tale-of-two/) [R. Scott Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-scott-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3e/r-scott-williams-30719_storytelling_july-1905-issue-of-mcclure-s-magazine-wa_2028669.jpg) > [I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul...Since I knew you, I have been troubled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-wish-you-to-know-that-you-have-been-the-last-dream-of-my-soul-since/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/charles-dickens-34_abandoned_i-wish-you-to-know-that-you-have-been-th_2370661.jpg) > [“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-koenigsdorf/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times-it-was-the-age-of-4/) [Jill Koenigsdorf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-koenigsdorf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/039/jill-koenigsdorf-138953_faith_it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-wors_1570968.jpg) > [“He chose The Metamorphosis over The Trial, he chose Bartleby over Moby-Dick, he chose A Simple Heart over Bouvard and Pecuchet, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/he-chose-the-metamorphosis-over-the-trial-he-chose-bartleby-over-moby/) [Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb2/roberto-bola-o-725_227_he-chose-the-metamorphosis-over-the-tria_1486800.jpg) > [“Most white people in Midland City were insecure when they spoke, so they kept their sentences short and their words simple, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/most-white-people-in-midland-city-were-insecure-when-they-spoke-so/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/kurt-vonnegut-41_black-people_most-white-people-in-midland-city-were-i_1233117.jpg) > [“Without turning, the pharmacist answered that he liked books like The Metamorphosis, Bartleby, A Simple Heart, A Christmas Carol. And then he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/without-turning-the-pharmacist-answered-that-he-liked-books-like-the/) [Roberto Bolano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e96/roberto-bola-o-725_books_without-turning-the-pharmacist-answered_987457.jpg) > [“I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-am-the-resurrection-and-the-life-he-that-believeth-in-me-though-he/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/anonymous-1_belief_i-am-the-resurrection-and-the-life-he-th_2087368.jpg) > [I'm reading Barnaby Rudge, one of the less well-known Dickens novels. I've been a life-long lover of Charles Dickens ever since I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-brandis/i-m-reading-barnaby-rudge-one-of-the-less-well-known-dickens-novels-i/) [George Brandis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-brandis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/george-brandis-10603_cities_i-m-reading-barnaby-rudge-one-of-the-les_2691289.jpg) ## Top authors on Tale of two cities - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tale-of-two-cities/charles-dickens/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tale-of-two-cities/#itemlist", "name": "Tale of two cities Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was a little girl, I thought I was Sydney Carton in Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' 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Men going around getting their heads chopped off for love? Ridiculus.\" Will unpeeled himself from the door and made his way toward Tessa where she stood by the bookshelves. He gestured expansively at the vast number of volumes all around him. \"No, here you'll find all sorts of advice about how to chop off someone else's head if you need to; much more useful.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cassandra Clare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/oh-do-you-have-a-tale-of-two-cities-that-silly-thing-men-going-around/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/cassandra-clare-9_advice_oh-do-you-have-a-tale-of-two-cities-that_450130.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/cassandra-clare-9_advice_oh-do-you-have-a-tale-of-two-cities-that_450130.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/cassandra-clare-9_advice_oh-do-you-have-a-tale-of-two-cities-that_450130.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Oh, do you have A Tale of Two Cities?\" \"That silly thing? 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