| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale: Some of them grave,
Each of them lithe
As willows that wave;
Some bearing violets,
Some bearing bay,
One with a burning rose
Hidden away --
When I am all alone
Envy me then,
For I have better friends
Than women and men.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: itself. It seemed to plumb some infamous depth from which her soul
recoiled, this apology of his for his neglect of her. And then her
hands at her sides curled into tight-clenched little fists as she
strove to control herself. His words, at least, supplied her with
her cue.
"Of course!" she said tartly, but in perfect English - the vernacular
of Gypsy Nan was not for Danglar, for she remembered only too well
how once before it had nearly tripped her up. "But you didn't come
here to apologize! What is it you want?"
"Ah, I say, Bertha!" he said appeasingly. "Cut that out! I couldn't
help being away, I tell you. Of course, I didn't come here to
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain: him, and he seated himself on its outer edge and
contemplated the dreary vastness of the stream, wish-
ing, the while, that he could only be drowned, all at
once and unconsciously, without undergoing the un-
comfortable routine devised by nature. Then he
thought of his flower. He got it out, rumpled and
wilted, and it mightily increased his dismal felicity.
He wondered if she would pity him if she knew?
Would she cry, and wish that she had a right to put
her arms around his neck and comfort him? Or
would she turn coldly away like all the hollow world?
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