| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: The more I reflected the more I said to myself that Marguerite
had no reason for feigning a love which she did not feel, and I
said to myself also that women have two ways of loving, one of
which may arise from the other: they love with the heart or with
the senses. Often a woman takes a lover in obedience to the mere
will of the senses, and learns without expecting it the mystery
of immaterial love, and lives henceforth only through her heart;
often a girl who has sought in marriage only the union of two
pure affections receives the sudden revelation of physical love,
that energetic conclusion of the purest impressions of the soul.
In the midst of these thoughts I fell asleep; I was awakened by a
Camille |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum: drink, so the dry bread will not stick in my throat."
"It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh," said the
Scarecrow thoughtfully, "for you must sleep, and eat and drink.
However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be
able to think properly."
They left the cottage and walked through the trees until they
found a little spring of clear water, where Dorothy drank and
bathed and ate her breakfast. She saw there was not much bread
left in the basket, and the girl was thankful the Scarecrow did
not have to eat anything, for there was scarcely enough for
herself and Toto for the day.
The Wizard of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle: Your task is confined to that. When you raise your cry of fire,
it will be taken up by quite a number of people. You may then
walk to the end of the street, and I will rejoin you in ten
minutes. I hope that I have made myself clear?"
"I am to remain neutral, to get near the window, to watch you,
and at the signal to throw in this object, then to raise the cry
of fire, and to wait you at the corner of the street."
"Precisely."
"Then you may entirely rely on me."
"That is excellent. I think, perhaps, it is almost time that I
prepare for the new role I have to play."
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
