| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Montezuma's Daughter by H. Rider Haggard: upon her brow and breast. For this woman loved me, and thus my act
and words were an insult to her, who could guess well what prompted
them. Still she spoke gently.
'Pardon me, Teule, I came but to watch and not to waken you. I
came also that I may see you alone before the daybreak, hoping that
I might be of service, or at the least, of comfort to you, for the
end draws near. Say then, in your sleep did you mistake me for
some other woman dearer and fairer than I am, that you would have
embraced me?'
'I dreamed that you were my betrothed whom I love, and who is far
away across the sea,' I answered heavily. 'But enough of love and
Montezuma's Daughter |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Herland by Charlotte Gilman: them that, and will fare worse than we did if they do find it.
It began this way. There were three of us, classmates and
friends--Terry O. Nicholson (we used to call him the Old Nick,
with good reason), Jeff Margrave, and I, Vandyck Jennings.
We had known each other years and years, and in spite of
our differences we had a good deal in common. All of us were
interested in science.
Terry was rich enough to do as he pleased. His great aim was
exploration. He used to make all kinds of a row because there
was nothing left to explore now, only patchwork and filling in,
he said. He filled in well enough--he had a lot of talents--great
Herland |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane: less, headstrong, jealous, and filled with a tinsel
courage. A swaggering babe accustomed to strut
in his own dooryard. The youth wondered
where had been born these new eyes; when his
comrade had made the great discovery that
there were many men who would refuse to be
subjected by him. Apparently, the other had
now climbed a peak of wisdom from which he
could perceive himself as a very wee thing. And
the youth saw that ever after it would be easier
to live in his friend's neighborhood.
The Red Badge of Courage |
