Curiosity is, and has been from the creation of the world, a master-passion. To awaken it, to gratify it by slight degrees, and yet leave something always in suspense, is to establish the surest hold that can be had, in wrong, on the unthinking portion of mankind. ~ Barnaby Rudge
To surround anything, however monstrous
To surround anything, however monstrous or ridiculous, with an air of mystery, is to invest it with a secret charm, and power of attraction which to the crowd is irresistible. ~ Barnaby Rudge
“We must leave the discovery
“We must leave the discovery of this mystery, like all others, to time, and accident, and Heaven’s pleasure.” ~ Barnaby Rudge
“Many a gentleman lives well
“Many a gentleman lives well upon a soft head, who would find a heart of the same quality a very great drawback.” ~ Barnaby Rudge
“Time has been lost and
“Time has been lost and opportunity thrown away, but I am yet a young man, and may retrieve it.” ~ Barnaby Rudge
“I see the lives for
“I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy, in that England which I shall see no more. ” ~ A Tale of Two Cities
“Repression is the only lasting
“Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend,” observed the Marquis, “will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long as this roof,” looking up to it, “shuts out the sky.” ~ A Tale of Two Cities
The sea did what it
The sea did what it liked, and what it liked was destruction. It thundered at the town, and thundered at the cliffs, and brought the coast down, madly. ~ 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
“Detestation of the high is
“Detestation of the high is the involuntary homage of the low.” ~ A Tale of Two Cities
