| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Rivers to the Sea by Sara Teasdale: Beyond the lure of light Alcaeus' lyre,
Beyond the sob that stilled Erinna's voice.
Ah, never with a throat that aches with song,
Beneath the white uncaring sky of spring,
Shall I go forth to hide awhile from Love
The quiver and the crying of my heart.
Still I remember how I strove to flee
The love-note of the birds, and bowed my head
RIVERS TO THE SEA
To hurry faster, but upon the ground
I saw two wingèd shadows side by side,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Domestic Peace by Honore de Balzac: dreaded lest she here saw an image of the revenges the future might
have in store for her. Her heart was not yet so dried up that the
feeling and generosity were entirely excluded, and she pressed the
Duchess' hand, while thanking her by one of those smiles which have a
certain childlike grace.
"My dear child," the old lady said in her ear, "remember henceforth
that we are just as capable of repelling a man's attentions as of
attracting them."
"She is yours if you are not a simpleton." These words were whispered
into Colonel Montcornet's ear by Madame de Lansac, while the handsome
Countess was still absorbed in compassion at the sight of Soulanges,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas: five bottles of it left; all the rest were broken by my fall.
Bring six of them."
"Why, this man is a cask!" said the host, aside. "If he only
remains here a fortnight, and pays for what he drinks, I shall
soon re-establish my business."
"And don't forget," said D'Artagnan, "to bring up four bottles of
the same sort for the two English gentlemen."
"And now," said Athos, "while they bring the wine, tell me,
D'Artagnan, what has become of the others, come!"
D'Artagnan related how he had found Porthos in bed with a
strained knee, and Aramis at a table between two theologians. As
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