| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The First Men In The Moon by H. G. Wells: "If we cut them - "
"That's possible, of course."
I took up a new thread of thought. "After all," - I said, " I suppose you
don't think these Selenites so infinitely wiser than men."
"They must know a lot more - or at least a lot of different things."
"Yes, but -" I hesitated.
"I think you'll quite admit, Cavor, that you're rather an exceptional
man."
"How?"
"Well, you - you're a rather lonely man - have been, that is. You haven't
married."
The First Men In The Moon |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott: eastern battlement, which commanded the prospect of the whole
sands, very near as far as the village of Wolf's Hope. He could
easily see his master riding in that direction, as fast as the
horse could carry him. The prophecy at once rushed on
Balderstone's mind, that the Lord of Ravenswood should perish on
the Kelpie's flow, which lay half-way betwixt the Tower and the
links, or sand knolls, to the northward of Wolf's Hope. He saw
him according reach the fatal spot; but he never saw him pass
further.
Colonel Ashton, frantic for revenge, was already in the field,
pacing the turf with eagerness, and looking with
The Bride of Lammermoor |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot: But if Albert makes off, it won't be for lack of telling.
You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look so antique.
(And her only thirty-one.)
I can't help it, she said, pulling a long face,
It's them pills I took, to bring it off, she said.
(She's had five already, and nearly died of young George.) 160
The chemist said it would be alright, but I've never been the same.
You ARE a proper fool, I said.
Well, if Albert won't leave you alone, there it is, I said,
What you get married for if you don't want children?
HURRY UP PLEASE IT'S TIME
The Waste Land |
