| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: be to you; they know exactly what is required and what can
be borne; and you may be certain that one will never tease
the other beyond what is known to be pleasant."
Perceiving her still to look doubtful and grave,
he added, "Though Frederick does not leave Bath with us,
he will probably remain but a very short time,
perhaps only a few days behind us. His leave of absence
will soon expire, and he must return to his regiment.
And what will then be their acquaintance? The mess-room
will drink Isabella Thorpe for a fortnight, and she will
laugh with your brother over poor Tilney's passion for
Northanger Abbey |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: o'clock he reached the small-domed village of Urg, where traders
rest and miners tell their tales, and paused in its taverns till
noon. It is here that the great caravan road turns west toward
Selarn, but Carter kept on north by the quarry road. All the afternoon
he followed that rising road, which was somewhat narrower than
the great highway, and which now led through a region with more
rocks than tilled fields. And by evening the low hills on his
left had risen into sizable black cliffs, so that he knew he was
close to the mining country. All the while the great gaunt sides
of the impassable mountains towered afar off at his right, and
the farther he went, the worse tales he heard of them from the
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum: his orders.
"Yet it could not have been very long after daybreak," said Claus.
"It was one minute after," answered Will Knook, "and that is as bad as
one hour. I shall set the stinging gnats on Glossie and Flossie, and
they will thus suffer terribly for their disobedience."
"Don't do that!" begged Claus. "It was my fault."
But Will Knook would listen to no excuses, and went away grumbling and
growling in his ill-natured way.
For this reason Claus entered the Forest to consult Necile about
rescuing the good deer from punishment. To his delight he found his
old friend, the Master Woodsman, seated in the circle of Nymphs.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus |
