| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes: roses, which he said were for "Madam."
One of the last things that came was an old square box, smelling of
camphor, tied and sealed. It bore, in faded ink, the marks,
"Calcutta, 1805." On opening it, we found a white Cashmere shawl
with a very brief note from the dear old gentleman opposite, saying
that he had kept this some years, thinking he might want it, and
many more, not knowing what to do with it, - that he had never seen
it unfolded since he was a young supercargo, - and now, if she
would spread it on her shoulders, it would make him feel young to
look at it.
Poor Bridget, or Biddy, our red-armed maid of all work! What must
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Prufrock/Other Observations by T. S. Eliot: Through attenuated tones of violins
Mingled with remote cornets
And begins.
"You do not know how much they mean to me, my friends,
And how, how rare and strange it is, to find
In a life composed so much, so much of odds and ends,
(For indeed I do not love it ... you knew? you are not blind!
How keen you are!)
To find a friend who has these qualities,
Who has, and gives
Those qualities upon which friendship lives.
Prufrock/Other Observations |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: pulled on the other man's socks. "Sorry I've got to take you back
to Dawson, but I only 'ope they won't be 'ard on you."
"Not so fast." The Kid smiled curiously. "We ain't under way
yet. When I go I'm going down river, and I guess the chances are
you'll go along."
"Not if I know myself--"
"Come on outside, and I'll show you, then. These damn fools,"
thrusting a thumb over his shoulder at the two Scots, "played
smash when they located here. Fill your pipe, first--this is
pretty good plug--and enjoy yourself while you can. You haven't
many smokes before you."
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