| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: One thought, and one only, pursued her in different forms, and
refused to be shaken off. "If I have so much effect on others, on
this man, who loves his home and his wife, why is it he is so
cold to me? ...not cold exactly, he loves me, I know that! But
something new is drawing us apart now. Why wasn't he here all the
evening? He told Stiva to say he could not leave Yashvin, and
must watch over his play. Is Yashvin a child? But supposing it's
true. He never tells a lie. But there's something else in it if
it's true. He is glad of an opportunity of showing me that he has
other duties; I know that, I submit to that. But why prove that
to me? He wants to show me that his love for me is not to
Anna Karenina |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lady Susan by Jane Austen: same time, do not forget my real interest; say all that you can to convince
him that I shall be quite wretched if he remains here ; you know my
reasons--propriety, and so forth. I would urge them more myself, but that I
am impatient to be rid of him, as Mainwaring comes within half an hour.
Adieu !
S VERNON
XXXII
MRS. JOHNSON TO LADY SUSAN
Edward Street.
My dear Creature,--I am in agonies, and know not what to do. Mr. De
Courcy arrived just when he should not. Mrs. Mainwaring had that instant
Lady Susan |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott: win for himself the love and confidence of those whom once he sought
to harm and cruelly destroy.
But few believed him; for they remembered his false promises and
evil deeds, and would not trust him now; so poor Thistle found few
to love or care for him.
Long he wandered, and carefully he sought; but could not find the
Earth Spirits' home. And when at length he reached the pleasant
garden where he and Lily-Bell first parted, he said within himself,--
"Here I will stay awhile, and try to win by kindly deeds the flowers'
forgiveness for the pain and sorrow I brought them long ago; and they
may learn to love and trust me. So, even if I never find the Spirits,
Flower Fables |
