| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: obscurity of the river seemed to be enveloping him. When he
looked back again the figures of the men were coalescing with
the surrounding gloom, the fires were streaky, blurred patches
of light. But the sky above was brighter. Dawn was not far off.
To the west all was dark. With infinite care and implacable
spirit and waning strength Duane shoved the plank along, and
when at last he discerned the black border of bank it came in
time, he thought, to save him. He crawled out, rested till the
gray dawn broke, and then headed north through the willows.
CHAPTER XIII
How long Duane was traveling out of that region he never knew.
The Lone Star Ranger |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare: me.
BERTRAM.
May I be bold to acquaint his grace you are gone about it?
PAROLLES.
I know not what the success will be, my lord, but the attempt I
vow.
BERTRAM.
I know thou art valiant; and, to the possibility of thy
soldiership, will subscribe for thee. Farewell.
PAROLLES.
I love not many words.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Troll Garden and Selected Stories by Willa Cather: Perhaps it was partially this memory-evoking suggestion that
caused Imogen to start so violently when she saw dimly, in a blur
of shadow, the figure of a man, who sat smoking in a low, deep
chair before the fire. He was long, and thin, and brown. His
long, nerveless hands drooped from the arms of his chair. A
brown mustache shaded his mouth, and his eyes were sleepy and
apathetic. When Imogen entered he rose indolently and gave her
his hand, his manner barely courteous.
"I am glad you arrived promptly, Miss Willard," he said with
an indifferent drawl. "Flavia was afraid you might be late. You
had a pleasant ride up, I hope?"
The Troll Garden and Selected Stories |
