| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: Blois another love in addition to filial love. But let us do
him this justice -- if it had not been for chance and
Mademoiselle de Montalais, two great temptations, Raoul,
after delivering his message, would have galloped off
towards his father's house, turning his head round, perhaps,
but without stopping for a single instant, even if Louise
had held out her arms to him.
So the first part of the journey was given by Raoul to
regretting the past which he had been forced to quit so
quickly, that is to say, his lady-love; and the other part
to the friend he was about to join, so much too slowly for
Ten Years Later |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: C'est un lache. Aussi il me doit de l'argent qu'il ne veut pas
payer. Il a meme insulte mes ambassadeurs. Il a dit des choses
tres blessantes. Mais Cesar le crucifiera quand il viendra e Rome.
Je suis sur que Cesar le crucifiera. Sinon il mourra mange des
vers. Le prophete l'a predit. Eh bien! Salome, qu'attendez-vous?
SALOME. J'attends que mes esclaves m'apportent des parfums et les
sept voiles et m'otent mes sandales.
[Les esclaves apportent des parfums et les sept voiles et otent les
sandales de Salome.]
HERODE. Ah! vous allez danser pieds nus! C'est bien! C'est bien!
Vos petits pieds seront comme des colombes blanches. Ils
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris: "I've got to know her pretty well," she told Wilbur. "She's sound
as a nut. Only let's get away from this place."
But toward ten o'clock on the morning after their arrival off
Coronado, and just as they were preparing to get under way, Hoang
touched Wilbur's elbow.
"Seeum lil one-piece smoke-boat; him come chop-chop."
In fact, a little steam-launch was rapidly approaching the
schooner. In another instant she was alongside. Jerry, Nat
Ridgeway, Josie Herrick, and an elderly woman, whom Wilbur barely
knew as Miss Herrick's married sister, were aboard.
"We've come off to see your yacht!" cried Miss Herrick to Wilbur
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