| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: this he felt
a vague resentment, a sense of discomfort that he could not have
defined
or explained. He was used to being considered, respected,
appreciated at his full value in every region, even in that of
his own dreams.
Presently he rang for the butler, telling him to close the house
and
not to sit up, and walked with lagging steps into the long
library,
where the shaded lamps were burning. His eye fell upon the low
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Of The Nature of Things by Lucretius: Is risen to reach the shining shores of light,
Nor aught of joyful or of lovely born,
Thee do I crave co-partner in that verse
Which I presume on Nature to compose
For Memmius mine, whom thou hast willed to be
Peerless in every grace at every hour-
Wherefore indeed, Divine one, give my words
Immortal charm. Lull to a timely rest
O'er sea and land the savage works of war,
For thou alone hast power with public peace
To aid mortality; since he who rules
Of The Nature of Things |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: number of things about that young man I'd like to know."
"I do not have to discuss him with you," she answered shortly.
"Oh, but you do! I hold the purse strings, you see. Some day when
you are rich, you can have the power to do the same to others. . . .
It's obvious that you still care about him--"
"I do not."
"Oh, it's so obvious from the way you rush to his defense. You--"
"I won't stand having my friends sneered at."
"Well, we'll let that pass for the moment. Does he still care for
you or did Rock Island make him forget? Or perhaps he's learned to
appreciate what a jewel of a wife he has?"
Gone With the Wind |
