| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Vendetta by Honore de Balzac: attachment to the Emperor, his wound, his misfortunes, his danger, all
disappeared to Ginevra's mind, or, rather, all were blended in one
sentiment,--a new and delightful sentiment. This persecuted man was a
child of Corsica; he spoke its cherished language! She stood, for a
moment, motionless; held by a magical sensation; before her eyes was a
living picture, to which all human sentiments, united by chance, gave
vivid colors. By Servin's invitation, the officer had seated himself
on a divan, and the painter, after removing the sling which supported
the arm of his guest, was undoing the bandages in order to dress the
wound. Ginevra shuddered when she saw the long, broad gash made by the
blade of a sabre on the young man's forearm, and a moan escaped her.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: sleepy place now, looking out dreamily over beautiful views.
They would lunch in Shaftesbury and walk round it. Then they
would go in the afternoon through the pleasant west country
where the Celts had prevailed against the old folk of the
Stonehenge temple and the Romans against the Celts and the
Saxons against the Romanized Britons and the Danes against
the Saxons, a war-scarred landscape, abounding in dykes and
entrenchments and castles, sunken now into the deepest peace,
to Glastonbury to see what there was to see of a marsh
village the Celts had made for themselves three or four
hundred years before the Romans came. And at Glastonbury also
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: heretofore believed that no woman was safe with him, began to stop
and talk with him on the streets, to admire Bonnie. Even the
strictest old ladies felt that a man who could discuss the ailments
and problems of childhood as well as he did could not be altogether
bad.
CHAPTER LIII
It was Ashley's birthday and Melanie was giving him a surprise
reception that night. Everyone knew about the reception, except
Ashley. Even Wade and little Beau knew and were sworn to secrecy
that puffed them up with pride. Everyone in Atlanta who was nice
had been invited and was coming. General Gordon and his family had
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