| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: something--and that will not be long now."
Molly flung her arms around her aunt, and stopped her words with
a kiss. And then one winter afternoon, two years later, came the
last straw.
The front door of the old house had shut. Out of it had stepped
the persistent suitor. Mrs. Flynt watched him drive away in his
smart sleigh.
"That girl is a fool!" she said furiously; and she came away from
her bedroom window where she had posted herself for observation.
Inside the old house a door had also shut. This was the door of
Molly's own room. And there she sat, in floods of tears. For she
The Virginian |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott: to beautify and brighten lonely spots; how they watched above the
blossoms by day, and scattered dews at night, brought sunlight
into darkened places, and soft winds to refresh and cheer.
"These are the things we do," said they, " and you must aid us
for a time."
And Thistle gladly went with the lovely Spirits; by day he joined
the sunlight and the breeze in their silent work; by night, with
Star-Light and her sister spirits, he flew over the moon-lit earth,
dropping cool dew upon the folded flowers, and bringing happy dreams
to sleeping mortals. Many a kind deed was done, many a gentle word
was spoken; and each day lighter grew his heart, and stronger his
Flower Fables |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Louis Lambert by Honore de Balzac: "Yes, within us and without, everything testifies to the livingness of
those exquisite creations, which I compare with flowers in obedience
to some unutterable revelation of their true nature!
"Their being produced as the final cause of man is, after all, not
more amazing than the production of perfume and color in a plant.
Perfumes /are/ ideas, perhaps!
"When we consider the line where flesh ends and the nail begins
contains the invisible and inexplicable mystery of the constant
transformation of a fluid into horn, we must confess that nothing is
impossible in the marvelous modifications of human tissue.
"And are there not in our inner nature phenomena of weight and motion
Louis Lambert |
