| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad: The Tremolino was doing her best, and seemed to hardly touch the
great burst of foam over which she darted. I crouched down again
to get some shelter from the low bulwark. After more than half an
hour of swaying immobility expressing a concentrated, breathless
watchfulness, Dominic sank on the deck by my side. Within the
monkish cowl his eyes gleamed with a fierce expression which
surprised me. All he said was:
"He has come out here to wash the new paint off his yards, I
suppose."
"What?" I shouted, getting up on my knees. "Is she the
guardacosta?"
The Mirror of the Sea |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: me is that the fire didn't burn his clothes
where it touched them, any more than his
flesh. P. C.
(There is nothing new in this. Mr.
Sothern has long been known as one of the
most expert jugglers in the profession.
Some years ago he gained the soubriquet
of the ``Fire King!'' He frequently
amuses his friends by eating fire, though
he long ago ceased to give public
exhibitions. Probably the success of the
Miracle Mongers and Their Methods |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Illustrious Gaudissart by Honore de Balzac: them. Margaritis went out as soon as it rained, and walked about bare-
headed in his vineyard. At home he made incessant inquiries for
newspapers; to satisfy him his wife and the maid-servant used to give
him an old journal called the "Indre-et-Loire," and for seven years he
had never yet perceived that he was reading the same number over and
over again. Perhaps a doctor would have observed with interest the
connection that evidently existed between the recurring and spasmodic
demands for the newspaper and the atmospheric variations of the
weather.
Usually when his wife had company, which happened nearly every
evening, for the neighbors, pitying her situation, would frequently
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