| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: who are like me, when we have any heart at all, we give a meaning
and a development to words and things unknown to other women; I
repeat, then, that on the part of Marguerite Gautier the means
which she used to pay her debts without asking you for the money
necessary for it, was a scruple by which you ought to profit,
without saying anything. If you had only met me to-day, you would
be too delighted with what I promised you, and you would not
question me as to what I did the day before yesterday. We are
sometimes obliged to buy the satisfaction of our souls at the
expense of our bodies, and we suffer still more, when, afterward,
that satisfaction is denied us."
Camille |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert: bore the veil, several times felt that it was being pulled very gently
from below. It was a large cynocephalus, one of those which dwelt at
liberty within the enclosure of the goddess. It clung to the mantle as
though it had been conscious of the theft. They did not dare to strike
it, however, fearing that it might redouble its cries; suddenly its
anger subsided, and it trotted close beside them swinging its body
with its long hanging arms. Then at the barrier it leaped at a bound
into a palm tree.
When they had left the last enclosure they directed their steps
towards Hamilcar's palace, Spendius understanding that it would be
useless to try to dissuade Matho.
Salammbo |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells: me there was such a reality as honour. And here it was, warm and
near to me, living, breathing, unsuspecting. Margaret's pride was
my honour, that I had had no right even to imperil.
I do not now remember if I thought at that time of going to Isabel
and putting this new aspect of the case before her. Perhaps I did.
Perhaps I may have considered even then the possibility of ending
what had so freshly and passionately begun. If I did, it vanished
next day at the sight of her. Whatever regrets came in the
darkness, the daylight brought an obstinate confidence in our
resolution again. We would, we declared, "pull the thing off."
Margaret must not know. Margaret should not know. If Margaret did
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