| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: was about to pass over the weedy walls and broken columns of a
sunken city too old for memory, and that when the water was clear
one could see so many moving shadows in that deep place that simple
folk disliked it. He admitted, moreover, that many ships had been
lost in that part of the sea; having been hailed when quite close
to it, but never seen again.
That night the moon was very bright,
and one could see a great way down in the water. There was so
little wind that the ship could not move much, and the ocean was
very calm. Looking over the rail Carter saw many fathoms deep
the dome of the great temple, and in front of it an avenue of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: be of some use."
"I don't think you're at all kind," said I, leaning against the
screen of 'The Duchess' with a dejected air.
"Excuse me," she said, " but is that the Slinker Slouch I've
heard of? Your attitude, I mean?"
"No," I said shortly. "It's the Leicester Lounge. But, to
return to your unkindness. I want a bath just as much as you
do."
She recoiled. "You know what I mean. I'm a customer, like you.
We're both in the same ba-boat. And I have been doing my best to
indicate the merits of-er-of- "
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: Every struggle of the dog helped to throttle the hapless sailor.
Jan's right hand was buried deep in the curling tendrils of Red
Bill's shaggy head, and beneath all, Mr. Taylor lay pinned and
helpless. It was a deadlock, for the strength of his madness was
prodigious; but suddenly, without apparent reason, Jan loosed his
various grips and rolled over quietly on his back. His
adversaries drew away a little, dubious and disconcerted. Jan
grinned viciously.
"Mine friends," he said, still grinning, "you haf asked me to be
politeful, und now I am politeful. Vot piziness vood you do mit
me?"
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