| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Poems of William Blake by William Blake: Of every heart on earth infixes deep its restless twists:
A land of sorrows & of tears where never smile was seen.
She wandered in the land of clouds thro' valleys dark, listning
Dolors & lamentations: waiting oft beside the dewy grave
She stood in silence, listning to the voices of the ground,
Till to her own grave plot she came, & there she sat down.
And heard this voice of sorrow breathed from the hollow pit.
Why cannot the Ear be closed to its own destruction?
Or the glistening Eye to the poison of a smile!
Why are Eyelids stord with arrows ready drawn,
Where a thousand fighting men in ambush lie!
Poems of William Blake |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde: immensely to know you--young Lord Poole, Bournemouth's eldest son.
He has already copied your neckties, and has begged me to introduce
him to you. He is quite delightful and rather reminds me of you."
"I hope not," said Dorian with a sad look in his eyes.
"But I am tired to-night, Harry. I shan't go to the club.
It is nearly eleven, and I want to go to bed early."
"Do stay. You have never played so well as to-night. There was something
in your touch that was wonderful. It had more expression than I had ever
heard from it before."
"It is because I am going to be good," he answered, smiling.
"I am a little changed already."
The Picture of Dorian Gray |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert: of bringing their food, and remained on the spot until the evening;
others passed the night there. Tents had been set up in which drinking
went on. Many gained large sums by hiring out bows.
Then all these crucified corpses were left upright, looking like so
many red statues on the tombs, and the excitement even spread to the
people of Malqua, who were the descendants of the aboriginal families,
and were usually indifferent to the affairs of their country. Out of
gratitude for the pleasure it had been giving them they now interested
themselves in its fortunes, and felt that they were Carthaginians, and
the Ancients thought it a clever thing to have thus blended the entire
people in a single act of vengeance.
Salammbo |
