| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: By the time they reached the drawing-room the footman had already
announced Nekhludoff, and from between the bonnets and heads that
surrounded it the smiling face of Anna Ignatievna, the
Vice-Governor's wife, beamed on Nekhludoff. At the other end of
the drawing-room several ladies were seated round the tea-table,
and some military men and some civilians stood near them. The
clatter of male and female voices went on unceasingly.
"Enfin! you seem to have quite forgotten us. How have we
offended?" With these words, intended to convey an idea of
intimacy which had never existed between herself and Nekhludoff,
Anna Ignatievna greeted the newcomer.
Resurrection |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll: may rest a little now.'
Alice looked round her in great surprise. `Why, I do believe
we've been under this tree the whole time! Everything's just as
it was!'
`Of course it is,' said the Queen, `what would you have it?'
`Well, in OUR country,' said Alice, still panting a little,
`you'd generally get to somewhere else--if you ran very fast
for a long time, as we've been doing.'
`A slow sort of country!' said the Queen. `Now, HERE, you see,
it takes all the running YOU can do, to keep in the same place.
If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as
Through the Looking-Glass |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Father Sergius by Leo Tolstoy: raised his fine weary eyes and sighed very deeply.
'I did not tell them who you are,' she began timidly. 'I only
said that you are a pilgrim, a nobleman, and that I used to know
you. Come into the dining-room for tea.'
'No . . .'
'Well then, I'll bring some to you here.'
'No, I don't want anything. God bless you, Pashenka! I am going
now. If you pity me, don't tell anyone that you have seen me.
For the love of God don't tell anyone. Thank you. I would bow to
your feet but I know it would make you feel awkward. Thank you,
and forgive me for Christ's sake!'
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