| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain: 1. Colazione is Italian for a collection, a meeting, a seance,
a sitting.--M.T.
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A BURLESQUE BIOGRAPHY
Two or three persons having at different times intimated that if I
would write an autobiography they would read it when they got leisure,
I yield at last to this frenzied public demand and herewith tender
my history.
Ours is a noble house, and stretches a long way back into antiquity.
The earliest ancestor the Twains have any record of was a friend of
the family by the name of Higgins. This was in the eleventh century,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: cool pressure. The contact of her soft flesh with his own was so
moist and sensitive that it resembled another kind of kiss. He saw
who it was that embraced him - a pale, beautiful girl. Yet, oddly
enough, he experienced neither voluptuousness nor sexual pride. The
love expressed by the caress was rich, glowing, and personal, but
there was not the least trace of sex in it - and so he received it.
She removed her tentacle, placed her two arms on his shoulders and
penetrated with her eyes right into his very soul.
"Yes, I wish to be pure," he muttered. "Without that what can I ever
be but a weak, squirming devil?"
Joiwind released him. "This we call the 'magn,' " she said,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas: "If it were not ridiculous to make a display of our triumph,
I would invite the count to our house; besides that, he
doubtless has some trembling heart to comfort. So we will
take leave of our friend, and let him hasten home."
"Stop a moment," said Monte Cristo; "do not let me lose both
my companions. Return, Emmanuel, to your charming wife, and
present my best compliments to her; and do you, Morrel,
accompany me to the Champs Elysees."
"Willingly," said Maximilian; "particularly as I have
business in that quarter."
"Shall we wait breakfast for you?" asked Emmanuel.
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