No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his brother. Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame. For one person, in the dark where no one will ever know or see.

…he felt he could willingly give his life for them.

For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything. I would embrace any sacrifice for you and for those dear to you. And when you see your own bright beauty springing up anew at your feet, think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you.

I would die for you. But I won't live for you.

For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything. If my career were of that better kind that there was any opportunity or capacity of sacrifice in it, I would embrace any sacrifice for you and for those dear to you. Try to hold me in your mind, at some quiet times, as ardent and sincere in this one thing. The time will come, the time will not be long in coming, when new ties will be formed about you — ties that will bind you yet more tenderly and strongly to the home you so adorn — the dearest ties that will ever grace and gladden you. O Miss Manette, when the little picture of a happy father's face looks up in yours, when you see your own bright beauty springing up anew at your feet, think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you!

Another inch of your life, sacrificed for your brother, in the nick of time.

Love is my religion — I could die for it.

I'd three times sooner go to war than suffer childbirth once.

I would exchange all that I have written for the next thing.

I ask you, why did the gods inflict me with brothers?

I would have drowned twice to save you sinking, dear.

I’d kill for any one of my friends. Thankfully for the overpopulated prison system, I don’t have any friends.

For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage.

threw his arm around his brother and the two