| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde: she lost everything - threw it away, if you like. That makes it
all the more bitter. Misfortunes one can endure - they come from
outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults -
ah! - there is the sting of life. It was twenty years ago, too.
She was little more than a girl then. She had been a wife for even
less time than you have.
LADY WINDERMERE. I am not interested in her - and - you should not
mention this woman and me in the same breath. It is an error of
taste. [Sitting R. at desk.]
LORD WINDERMERE. Margaret, you could save this woman. She wants
to get back into society, and she wants you to help her. [Crossing
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: "Oh, you beautiful doll, You great big beautiful doll..."
We finished the verse together, the cows watching us with big
eyes.
"I think we're rather good," said I, when it was over.
"I know we're both mad," said she. "And I don't feel a bit like
singing really, either."
"Oh, great and beautiful one," said I, "what is the matter?
Indicate to me the fly that dares to lurk in this fair bowl of
ointment."
She looked away over the river. Then:
"After all, it's nothing to do with you."
The Brother of Daphne |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: "He will be superintendent?"
"It is probable. Such is the reason, my dear marquise, why I
felt myself impressed in favor of that poor man, who once
loved, and even adored me; and why, when I see him so
unfortunate, I forgive his infidelity which I have reason to
believe he also regrets; and why, moreover, I should not
have been disinclined to afford him some consolation, or
some good advice; he would have understood the step I had
taken, and would have thought kindly of me for it. It is
gratifying to be loved, you know. Men value love more highly
when they are no longer blinded by its influence."
Ten Years Later |
