| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: "And I think it explains why it is that you turn to women as
you do. You want help; you want reassurance. And you feel
they can give it."
"I wonder if it has been quite like that," Sir Richmond
reflected.
By an effort Dr. Martineau refrained from mentioning the
mother complex. "You want help and reassurance as a child
does," he said. "Women and women alone seem capable of giving
that, of telling you that you are surely right, that
notwithstanding your blunders you are right; that even when
you are wrong it doesn't so much matter, you are still in
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville: OF THE COUNTRIES AND ISLES THAT BE BEYOND THE LAND OF CATHAY; AND
OF THE FRUITS THERE; AND OF TWENTY-TWO KINGS ENCLOSED WITHIN THE
MOUNTAINS
NOW shall I say you, suingly, of countries and isles that be beyond
the countries that I have spoken of.
Wherefore I say you, in passing by the land of Cathay toward the
high Ind and toward Bacharia, men pass by a kingdom that men clepe
Caldilhe, that is a full fair country.
And there groweth a manner of fruit, as though it were gourds. And
when they be ripe, men cut them a-two, and men find within a little
beast, in flesh, in bone, and blood, as though it were a little
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare: If, Biondello, thou wert come ashore,
We could at once put us in readiness,
And take a lodging fit to entertain
Such friends as time in Padua shall beget.
But stay awhile; what company is this?
TRANIO.
Master, some show to welcome us to town.
[Enter BAPTISTA, KATHERINA, BIANCA, GREMIO,and HORTENSIO.
LUCENTIO and TRANIO stand aside.]
BAPTISTA.
Gentlemen, importune me no further,
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