| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: in allusion to it caused my lips to quiver, and my heart to palpitate.
After passing some months in London, we received a letter from a
person in Scotland who had formerly been our visitor at Geneva.
He mentioned the beauties of his native country and asked us if those
were not sufficient allurements to induce us to prolong our journey
as far north as Perth, where he resided. Clerval eagerly desired
to accept this invitation, and I, although I abhorred society,
wished to view again mountains and streams and all the wondrous
works with which Nature adorns her chosen dwelling-places.
We had arrived in England at the beginning of October, and it was
now February. We accordingly determined to commence our journey
Frankenstein |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Louis Lambert by Honore de Balzac: not accept. It was so dark that at first I saw Mademoiselle de
Villenoix and Lambert only as two black masses perceived against the
gloomy background. I presently sat down under the influence of the
feeling that comes over us, almost in spite of ourselves, under the
obscure vault of a church. My eyes, full of the bright sunshine,
accustomed themselves gradually to this artificial night.
"Monsieur is your old school-friend," she said to Louis.
He made no reply. At last I could see him, and it was one of those
spectacles that are stamped on the memory for ever. He was standing,
his elbows resting on the cornice of the low wainscot, which threw his
body forward, so that it seemed bowed under the weight of his bent
Louis Lambert |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling: horses, and sliding, trampling, jingling, and snorting, they had
the whole thing out on the heather.
'Dat's the very first time I've knowed you lay into Sailor - to
hurt him,' said Lewknor.
'It is,' said Cattiwow, and passed his hand over the two wheals.
'But I'd ha' laid my own brother open at that pinch. Now we'll
twitch her down the hill a piece - she lies just about right - and get
her home by the low road. My team'll do it, Bunny; you bring the
tug along. Mind out!'
He spoke to the horses, who tightened the chains. The great log
half rolled over, and slowly drew itself out of sight downhill,
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