| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Chouans by Honore de Balzac: measured step of the escort, gave that almost solemn character to the
scene which quickens the pulses. Mademoiselle de Verneuil could not
long try in vain to discover the reason of this change. The
recollection of Corentin came to her like a flash, and reminded her
suddenly of her real destiny. For the first time since the morning she
reflected seriously on her position. Until then she had yielded
herself up to the delight of loving, without a thought of the past or
of the future. Unable to bear the agony of her mind, she sought, with
the patience of love, to obtain a look from the young man's eyes, and
when she did so her paleness and the quiver in her face had so
penetrating an influence over him that he wavered; but the softening
The Chouans |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: would stay at Tara and keep it, somehow, keep her father and her
sisters, Melanie and Ashley's child, the negroes. Tomorrow--oh,
tomorrow! Tomorrow she would fit the yoke about her neck.
Tomorrow there would be so many things to do. Go to Twelve Oaks
and the MacIntosh place and see if anything was left in the
deserted gardens, go to the river swamps and beat them for straying
hogs and chickens, go to Jonesboro and Lovejoy with Ellen's
jewelry--there must be someone left there who would sell something
to eat. Tomorrow--tomorrow--her brain ticked slowly and more
slowly, like a clock running down, but the clarity of vision
persisted.
Gone With the Wind |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry: are wisest. They are the magi.
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The Gift of the Magi |
