Martin Gabel: 10 Movie Quotes with Audio

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1 The words are written, in scrapings of soot mixed with blood, on scraps of crumbling paper. There they lie hidden away in the solid stone, year after year.

As Jarvis Lorry in A Tale of Two Cities (1938)

2 All day, tumbrils go through the streets, feeding the guillotine, and at its foot, splashed with blood, sit the women knitting late into the night, counting dropping heads.

As Jarvis Lorry in A Tale of Two Cities (1938)

3 The sound of an old man making shoes in the dark.

As Jarvis Lorry in A Tale of Two Cities (1938)

4 Messenger? -Yes, sir. -Take back my answer to London. Here it is: 'Recalled to life'.

As Jarvis Lorry in A Tale of Two Cities (1938)

5 Business? Bless you, I had no business. -It's a pity you haven't some. -I think so too. -If you had, perhaps you would attend to it.

As Jarvis Lorry in A Tale of Two Cities (1938)

6 The door's locked? -Yes. -You think it necessary to keep him locked up? -I think it necessary to turn the key. -Why?

As Jarvis Lorry in A Tale of Two Cities (1938)

7 Faintly, through the dark, with his back toward the door, we saw a white-haired man sitting on a low bench, stooping forward... very busy, making shoes.

As Jarvis Lorry in A Tale of Two Cities (1938)

8 It was a curious look, very intent, deepening into a frown of dislike and distrust, not even unmixed with fear. It passed so quickly that few could have noticed it.

As Jarvis Lorry in A Tale of Two Cities (1938)

9 I really don't know what you have to do with the matter. If you'll excuse me for saying so, I really don't know that it's any of your business.

As Jarvis Lorry in A Tale of Two Cities (1938)

10 In the narrow mean street, smelling of rags and nightcaps and hunger, all night crowds have been stirring.

As Jarvis Lorry in A Tale of Two Cities (1938)