| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare: [Exit WIDOW.]
The jeweller that owes the ring is sent for,
And he shall surety me. But for this lord
Who hath abus'd me as he knows himself,
Though yet he never harm'd me, here I quit him:
He knows himself my bed he hath defil'd;
And at that time he got his wife with child.
Dead though she be, she feels her young one kick;
So there's my riddle:--One that's dead is quick;
And now behold the meaning.
[Re-enter Widow with HELENA.]
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Richard III by William Shakespeare: Let him be crown'd; in him your comfort lives.
Drown desperate sorrow in dead Edward's grave,
And plant your joys in living Edward's throne.
Enter GLOUCESTER, BUCKINGHAM, DERBY,
HASTINGS, and RATCLIFF
GLOUCESTER. Sister, have comfort. All of us have cause
To wail the dimming of our shining star;
But none can help our harms by wailing them.
Madam, my mother, I do cry you mercy;
I did not see your Grace. Humbly on my knee
I crave your blessing.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wife, et al by Anton Chekhov: My wife, pleased with me, got up and was going to the door, but
turned back and said:
"By the way, I have another favour to ask of you. I know you will
be angry, but it is my duty to warn you. . . . Forgive my saying
it, Nikolay Stepanovitch, but all our neighbours and
acquaintances have begun talking about your being so often at
Katya's. She is clever and well-educated; I don't deny that her
company may be agreeable; but at your age and with your social
position it seems strange that you should find pleasure in her
society. . . . Besides, she has such a reputation that . . ."
All the blood suddenly rushed to my brain, my eyes flashed fire,
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