| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy: nobody was more quick to show that than he.
"You may be obliged or not for't. Though the things I say
may not have the polish of what you've lately learnt to
expect for the first time in your life, they are real, my
lady Lucetta."
"That's rather a rude way of speaking to me," pouted
Lucetta, with stormy eyes.
"Not at all!" replied Henchard hotly. "But there, there, I
don't wish to quarrel with 'ee. I come with an honest
proposal for silencing your Jersey enemies, and you ought to
be thankful."
The Mayor of Casterbridge |
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: He is not entirely idle, nor wholly industrious.
If he can get a crust sufficient for
the day, he leaves the evil of it should visit
him. The first time I saw him was in the
high noon of a scorching day, at an inn in
Laytonstone. He came in while a sudden
storm descended, and a rainbow of
exquisite majesty vaulted the earth. Sitting
down at a table, he beckoned the hostess
for his beer, and conversed freely with his
acquaintance. By his arch replies I found
Miracle Mongers and Their Methods |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: when he gets tired - and it can't be long now - I drop into those
depths.'
"Had it been another man, I would have tried to save him, but this
ogre - like being was too well known to me as one who passed his
whole existence in tormenting, murdering, and absorbing others, for
the sake of his own delight. I hurried away, and did not pause again
that day.
"In Poolingdred I met Joiwind. We walked and talked together for a
month, and by that time we found that we loved each other too well to
part."
Panawe stopped speaking.
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