Good 5

 

Same Times, Different Memory.

"It was the Best of times."

"It was the Worst of times."

Same Face, Different Life.

"He looked like me."

"He lived unlike me."

"My life is empty."

The Aristocrat is Guilty.

Guillotine to the Aristocrat.

"The citizens demanded it."

"We follow it."

"We love justice."

The Aristocrat is Guilty.

Guillotine to the Aristocrat.

"The judges decreed it."

"We follow it."

"We love peace."

Same Face, Different Fate.

"You must live."

"I will die in your place."

"This is the Best I can do."

Better Thing, Better Rest.

"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."

It was the best of times,

it was the worst of times,

it was the age of wisdom,

it was the age of foolishness,

it was the epoch of belief,

it was the epoch of incredulity,

it was the season of Light,

it was the season of Darkness,

it was the spring of hope,

it was the winter of despair,

we had everything before us,

we had nothing before us,

we were all going direct to Heaven,

we were all going direct the other way…

Nameless, Faceless

SACRIFICE

Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities (1859)