| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald: romantic person has a desperate confidence that they won't."
(This was an ancient distinction of Amory's.)
"Epigrams. I'm going home," she said sadly. "Let's get off the
haystack and walk to the cross-roads."
They slowly descended from their perch. She would not let him
help her down and motioning him away arrived in a graceful lump
in the soft mud where she sat for an instant, laughing at
herself. Then she jumped to her feet and slipped her hand into
his, and they tiptoed across the fields, jumping and swinging
from dry spot to dry spot. A transcendent delight seemed to
sparkle in every pool of water, for the moon had risen and the
This Side of Paradise |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: [5] Or, "squint sideways and command the flanks."
Crit. And amongst all animals, you will tell us that the crab has
loveliest eyes?[6] Is that your statement?
[6] Or, "is best provided in respect of eyeballs."
Soc. Decidedly, the creature has. And all the more so, since for
strength and toughness its eyes by nature are the best constructed.
Crit. Well, let that pass. To come to our two noses, which is the more
handsome, yours or mine?
Soc. Mine, I imagine, if, that is, the gods presented us with noses
for the sake of smelling. Your nostrils point to earth; but mine are
spread out wide and flat, as if to welcome scents from every quarter.
The Symposium |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: sins;
EPH 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this
world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that
now worketh in the children of disobedience:
EPH 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in
the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the
mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
EPH 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he
loved us,
EPH 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with
Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
King James Bible |
