| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare: My daughter Katherine is to be married;
Now, on the Sunday following, shall Bianca
Be bride to you, if you make this assurance;
If not, to Signior Gremio.
And so I take my leave, and thank you both.
GREMIO.
Adieu, good neighbour.
[Exit BAPTISTA.]
Now, I fear thee not:
Sirrah young gamester, your father were a fool
To give thee all, and in his waning age
The Taming of the Shrew |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: From his doorway Hiawatha
Saw it burning In the forest,
Lighting up the gloomy hemlocks;
From his sleepless bed uprising,
From the bed of Minnehaha,
Stood and watched it at the doorway,
That it might not be extinguished,
Might not leave her in the darkness.
"Farewell!" said he, "Minnehaha!
Farewell, O my Laughing Water!
All my heart is buried with you,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini: staring in bewilderment and some fear at a face which, if
unrecognizable through the mask of blood and dust that smeared it,
was yet familiar. And then the man spoke, and instantly she knew
the voice for that of the Marquis de La Tour d'Azyr.
"My dear friend," he was saying, "forgive me if I startled you.
Forgive me if I thrust myself in here without leave, at such a time,
in such a manner. But... you see how it is with me. I am a
fugitive. In the course of my distracted flight, not knowing which
way to turn for safety, I thought of you. I told myself that if I
could but safely reach your house, I might find sanctuary."
"You are in danger?"
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