| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas: "The history of its production, and the name of its grower,
will be inscribed in the book of honour of the city.
"Let the person approach to whom the black tulip belongs."
In pronouncing these words, the Prince, to judge of the
effect they produced, surveyed with his eagle eye the three
extremities of the triangle.
He saw Boxtel rushing forward. He saw Cornelius make an
involuntary movement; and lastly he saw the officer who was
taking care of Rosa lead, or rather push her forward towards
him.
At the sight of Rosa, a double cry arose on the right and
The Black Tulip |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Poems of William Blake by William Blake: And gentle sleep the sleep of death, and gently hear the voice
Of him that walketh in the garden in the evening time.
The Lilly of the valley breathing in the humble grass
Answerd the lovely maid and said: I am a watry weed,
And I am very small and love to dwell in lowly vales:
So weak the gilded butterfly scarce perches on my head
Yet I am visited from heaven and he that smiles on all
Walks in the valley, and each morn over me spreads his hand
Saying, rejoice thou humble grass, thou new-born lily flower.
Thou gentle maid of silent valleys and of modest brooks:
For thou shall be clothed in light, and fed with morning manna:
Poems of William Blake |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, etc. by Oscar Wilde: up and put it in my pocket. Then I began to consider what I should
do. I came to the conclusion that I had no right to spy on her,
and I drove down to the club. At six I called to see her. She was
lying on a sofa, in a tea-gown of silver tissue looped up by some
strange moonstones that she always wore. She was looking quite
lovely. "I am so glad to see you," she said; "I have not been out
all day." I stared at her in amazement, and pulling the
handkerchief out of my pocket, handed it to her. "You dropped this
in Cumnor Street this afternoon, Lady Alroy," I said very calmly.
She looked at me in terror but made no attempt to take the
handkerchief. "What were you doing there?" I asked. "What right
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