| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey: saw his part through his eyes. My Worcester
veterans, long used to being under fire, were
relentlessly bent on taking that game. It showed
in many ways, particularly in their silence,
because they were seldom a silent team. McCall
hesitated a moment over his bats. Then, as he
picked up the lightest one, I saw his jaw set, and
I knew he intended to bunt. He was lame, yet he
meant to beat out an infield hit. He went up
scowling.
Vane had an old head, and he had a varied
The Redheaded Outfield |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: downward push of the heavy hand, her face lifted up to him with
spiteful eyes.
"And she obeyed," she shouted out in a half-laugh, half-cry of
pain. "Let me go, Tuan. Why are you angry with me? Hasten, or
you shall be too late to show your anger to the deceitful woman."
Almayer dragged her up to her feet and looked close into her face
while she struggled, turning her head away from his wild stare.
"Who sent you here to torment me?" he asked, violently. "I do
not believe you. You lie."
He straightened his arm suddenly and flung her across the
verandah towards the doorway, where she lay immobile and silent,
Almayer's Folly |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris: her, aboard their faithful little schooner. They would have the
whole round world as their playground; they held the earth and the
great seas in fief; there was no one to let or to hinder. They
two belonged to each other. Once outside the Heads again, and
they swept the land of cities and of little things behind them,
and they two were left alone once more; alone in the great world
of romance.
About an hour after her arrival off the station, while Hoang and
the hands were furling the jib and foresail and getting the dory
over the side, Moran remarked to Wilbur:
"It's good we came in when we did, mate; the glass is going down
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