| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
DEU 28:40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but
thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast
his fruit.
DEU 28:41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy
them; for they shall go into captivity.
DEU 28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
DEU 28:43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very
high; and thou shalt come down very low.
DEU 28:44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he
shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: fear surprise and joy made me neglect my lord and husband's
charge to receive you with distinction. We offer you our hand,
sir, in reconciliation."
"I am unworthy to touch it," said Varney, dropping on one knee,
"save as a subject honours that of a prince."
He touched with his lips those fair and slender fingers, so
richly loaded with rings and jewels; then rising, with graceful
gallantry, was about to hand her to the chair of state, when she
said, "No, good Master Richard Varney, I take not my place there
until my lord himself conducts me. I am for the present but a
disguised Countess, and will not take dignity on me until
Kenilworth |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Princess of Parms by Edgar Rice Burroughs: horror with which I contemplate such an unholy alliance."
"What can be done, John Carter?" he continued. "You are
a resourceful man. Can you not think of some way to save
Helium from this disgrace?"
"If I can come within sword's reach of Sab Than," I answered,
"I can solve the difficulty in so far as Helium is concerned,
but for personal reasons I would prefer that another struck
the blow that frees Dejah Thoris."
Kantos Kan eyed me narrowly before he spoke.
"You love her!" he said. "Does she know it?"
"She knows it, Kantos Kan, and repulses me only because
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