| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Marriage Contract by Honore de Balzac: freshness; I don't mean to go to Lanstrac and bid her good-bye; her
heart would bleed for me too much."
"You would go in vain; she is now in Paris. She probably arrived there
as you left."
"No doubt she had heard of the sale of my property and came to help
me. I have no complaint to make of life, Mathias. I am truly loved,--
as much as any man ever could be here below; beloved by two women who
outdo each other in devotion; they are even jealous of each other; the
daughter blames the mother for loving me too much, and the mother
reproaches the daughter for what she calls her dissipations. I may say
that this great affection has been my ruin. How could I fail to
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: party of them said, 'O people of Yathreb; there is no place for you
(here), return then (to the city).' And a part of them asked leave
of the prophet (to return), saying, 'Verily, our houses are
defenceless but they were not defenceless, they only wished for
flight.
But had they been entered upon from its environs and then been asked
to show treason they would have done so; but they would only have
tarried there a little while.
They had covenanted with God before, that they would not turn
their backs; and God's covenant shall be enquired of.
Say, 'Flight shall avail you naught; if ye fly from death or
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Buttered Side Down by Edna Ferber: don't wear no rat. W'y no traveling man has ever tried to flirt
with Pearlie yet. Pearlie's what you'd call a woman, all right.
You wouldn't never make a mistake and think she'd escaped from the
first row in the chorus."
The leading lady rose from the bed, reached out for her
pocket-book, extracted a dime, and held it out to the bell-boy.
"Here. Will you ask her to come up here to me? Tell her I
said please."
After he had gone she seated herself on the edge of the bed
again, with a look in her eyes like that which you have seen in the
eyes of a dog that is waiting for a door to be opened.
Buttered Side Down |
