| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Divine Comedy (translated by H.F. Cary) by Dante Alighieri: Whelm ye beneath, while I return for more.
That land hath store of such. All men are there,
Except Bonturo, barterers: of 'no'
For lucre there an 'aye' is quickly made."
Him dashing down, o'er the rough rock he turn'd,
Nor ever after thief a mastiff loos'd
Sped with like eager haste. That other sank
And forthwith writing to the surface rose.
But those dark demons, shrouded by the bridge,
Cried "Here the hallow'd visage saves not: here
Is other swimming than in Serchio's wave.
The Divine Comedy (translated by H.F. Cary) |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: his strength."
There was a moment's pause as the coroner, his attention diverted
by a whispered word or two from the morgue master, referred to his
notes before resuming his examination.
"Did you know James Turnbull?" he asked a second later.
"Yes, slightly."
"Did you recognize him in his burglar's disguise?"
"I did not"
"Had you any suspicion that the burglar was other than he seemed?"
"No."
Penfield picked up a memorandum handed him by Dr. Mayo and referred
The Red Seal |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton: Archer, who had not noticed what she wore, recognised
the blue-white satin and old lace of her wedding dress.
It was the custom, in old New York, for brides to
appear in this costly garment during the first year or
two of marriage: his mother, he knew, kept hers in
tissue paper in the hope that Janey might some day
wear it, though poor Janey was reaching the age when
pearl grey poplin and no bridesmaids would be thought
more "appropriate."
It struck Archer that May, since their return from
Europe, had seldom worn her bridal satin, and the
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