| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche: woman, and ever loveth only a warrior.
Ye tell me, "Life is hard to bear." But for what purpose should ye have
your pride in the morning and your resignation in the evening?
Life is hard to bear: but do not affect to be so delicate! We are all of
us fine sumpter asses and assesses.
What have we in common with the rose-bud, which trembleth because a drop of
dew hath formed upon it?
It is true we love life; not because we are wont to live, but because we
are wont to love.
There is always some madness in love. But there is always, also, some
method in madness.
Thus Spake Zarathustra |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: would stand between us forever. Only equals should
mate. I could never ask her to come down upon my
lower plane."
An arc light faintly shone upon Lorison's face. An
illumination from within also pervaded it. The girl
saw the rapt, ascetic look; it was the face either of Sir
Galahad or Sir Fool.
"Quite starlike," she said, "is this unapproachable
angel. Really too high to be grasped."
"By me, yes."
She faced him suddenly. "My dear friend, would you
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: sake alone, in hearing all you may have to say about her."
"Pray tell me, madame, in your turn, whether you have not
remarked something?"
"`Something'! Philip? Your words almost frighten me, from
their want of meaning. What do you mean by `something'?"
"Madame is pretty, certainly."
"No doubt of it."
"Yet not altogether beautiful."
"No, but as she grows older, she will probably become
strikingly beautiful. You must have remarked the change
which a few years have already made in her. Her beauty will
Ten Years Later |
