| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: "You must come and ask me at home," said Acton.
"You must come and see me; you must dine with me first.
I want to show you my place; I want to introduce you to my mother."
He called again upon Madame M; auunster, two days later.
He was constantly at the other house; he used to walk across
the fields from his own place, and he appeared to have fewer
scruples than his cousins with regard to dropping in.
On this occasion he found that Mr. Brand had come to pay his
respects to the charming stranger; but after Acton's arrival
the young theologian said nothing. He sat in his chair
with his two hands clasped, fixing upon his hostess a grave,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: united under the name of loving to distraction.
'We would tell papa soon, would we not?' she inquired timidly.
'Nobody else need know. He would then be convinced that hearts
cannot be played with; love encouraged be ready to grow, love
discouraged be ready to die, at a moment's notice. Stephen, do
you not think that if marriages against a parent's consent are
ever justifiable, they are when young people have been favoured up
to a point, as we have, and then have had that favour suddenly
withdrawn?'
'Yes. It is not as if we had from the beginning acted in
opposition to your papa's wishes. Only think, Elfie, how pleasant
A Pair of Blue Eyes |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Lear by William Shakespeare: Fool. He that has a house to put 's head in has a good
head-piece.
The codpiece that will house
Before the head has any,
The head and he shall louse:
So beggars marry many.
The man that makes his toe
What he his heart should make
Shall of a corn cry woe,
And turn his sleep to wake.
For there was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a
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