| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: of his couch, his feet upon the floor. He was leaning
forward with eyes no longer half closed, but wide with
a startled expression in them.
He did not seem to note the LESE MAJESTE of her
words and manner. There was evidently something more
startling and compelling about her speech than that.
Slowly he came to his feet.
"By the fangs of Komal!" he muttered. "But you are REAL!
A REAL woman! No dream! No vain and foolish figment of the mind!"
He took a step toward her, with hands outstretched.
"Come!" he whispered. "Come, woman! For countless
Thuvia, Maid of Mars |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: sauf une vie. Je te donnerai le manteau du grand pretre. Je te
donnerai le voile du sanctuaire.
LES JUIFS. Oh! Oh!
SALOME. Donne-moi la tete d'Iokanaan.
HERODE [s'afffaissant sur son siege] Qu'on lui donne ce qu'elle
demande! C'est bien la fille de sa mere! [Le premier soldat
s'approche. Herodias prend de la main du tetrarque la bague de la
mort et la donne au soldat qui l'apporte immediatement au bourreau.
Le bourreau a l'air effare.] Qui a pris ma bague? Il y avait une
bague e ma main droite. Qui a bu mon vin! Il y avait du vin dans
ma coupe. Elle etait pleine de vin. Quelqu'un l'a bu? Oh! je suis
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum: prisoner had escaped death and been proved to be innocent.
As the Princess held the white piglet in her arms and stroked its soft
hair she said: "Let Eureka out of the cage, for she is no longer a
prisoner, but our good friend. Where did you find my missing pet,
Nick Chopper?"
"In a room of the palace," he answered.
"Justice," remarked the Scarecrow, with a sigh, "is a dangerous thing
to meddle with. If you hadn't happened to find the piglet, Eureka
would surely have been executed."
"But justice prevailed at the last," said Ozma, "for here is my pet,
and Eureka is once more free."
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