| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey: Come, we'll find a place to sit."
Whereupon he led her back under the trees to a half-sunny, half-shady bench
of rock overhanging the stream. Great pines overshadowed a still, eddying
pool. A number of brown butterflies hovered over the water, and small trout
floated like spotted feathers just under the surface. Drowsy summer
enfolded the sylvan scene.
Glenn knelt at the edge of the brook, and, plunging his hands in, he
splashed like a huge dog and bathed his hot face and head, and then turned
to Carley with gay words and laughter, while he wiped himself dry with a
large red scarf. Carley was not proof against the virility of him then, and
at the moment, no matter what it was that had made him the man he looked,
The Call of the Canyon |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: pregnant with meaning.
"Ah!" It was a cry from Ruth, sharp as if she had been stabbed. She
sank back to her seat by the window, smitten down by this sudden news.
There was a pause, which fretted Diana, who now craved knowledge of what
might be passing in her cousin's mind. She advanced towards Ruth and
laid a trembling hand on her shoulder, where the white gown met the
ivory neck. "He must be warned," she said.
"But.., but how?" stammered Ruth. "To warn him were to betray Sir
Rowland."
"Sir Rowland?" cried Diana in high scorn.
"And... and Richard," Ruth continued.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: Ere you can take due orders for a priest.
Say you consent and censure well the deed,
And I'll provide his executioner,
I tender so the safety of my liege.
SUFFOLK.
Here is my hand, the deed is worthy doing.
QUEEN.
And so say I.
YORK.
And I; and now we three have spoke it,
It skills not greatly who impugns our doom.
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