| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: are to let it alone. I did n't mean you should stand, either.
The piazza, as you see, is ornamented with rustic chairs;
though indeed I ought to warn you that they have nails in
the wrong places. I was just making a note of that sunset.
I never saw such a blaze of different reds. It looks
as if the Celestial City were in flames, eh? If that were
really the case I suppose it would be the business of you
theologians to put out the fire. Fancy me--an ungodly artist--
quietly sitting down to paint it!"
Mr. Brand had always credited Felix Young with a certain impudence,
but it appeared to him that on this occasion his impudence was so great
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: "Oh, if that's the way you feel!" Nina said, and hung up the
receiver.
He did not go home. He went to the theater and stood at the back,
with his sense of guilt deadened by the knowledge that Nina was
having what she would call a heavenly time. After all, it would
soon be over. He counted the days. "The Valley" had only four
more before it moved on.
He had already played his small part in the drama that involved
Dick Livingstone, but he was unaware of it. He went home that
night, to find Nina settled in bed and very sulky, and he retired
himself in no pleasant frame of mind. But he took a firmer hold
The Breaking Point |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton: exclaimed. She bent to gather up a mud-stained breadth,
and followed him up the steps into the hall. The servants
had not expected them so early, and there was
only a glimmer of gas on the upper landing.
Archer mounted the stairs, turned up the light, and
put a match to the brackets on each side of the library
mantelpiece. The curtains were drawn, and the warm
friendly aspect of the room smote him like that of a
familiar face met during an unavowable errand.
He noticed that his wife was very pale, and asked if
he should get her some brandy.
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