| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: Of course the horses will take you home, but I
think I'd better light your lantern, in case you
should need it."
He gave her the reins and climbed back into
the wagon-box, where he crouched down and
made a tent of his overcoat. After a dozen
trials he succeeded in lighting the lantern, which
he placed in front of Alexandra, half covering
it with a blanket so that the light would not
shine in her eyes. "Now, wait until I find my
O Pioneers! |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: his physical achievement. Madeline loved his spirit then and
gloried in the man.
She had pictured upon her heart, never to be forgotten, this
little hunched, deformed figure of Link's hanging with dauntless,
with deathless grip over the wheel, his gray face like a marble
mask.
That was Madeline's last clear sensation upon the ride. Blinded,
dazed, she succumbed to the demands upon her strength. She
reeled, fell back, only vaguely aware of a helping hand.
Confusion seized her senses. All about her was a dark chaos
through which she was rushing, rushing, rushing under the
The Light of Western Stars |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Cousin Pons by Honore de Balzac: the tomb."
"I am going," said Schmucke. Blow after blow had given him an
intolerable pain at the heart.
"Oh! here comes M. Villemot!" exclaimed La Sauvage.
"Mennesir Fillemod," said poor Schmucke, "rebresent me."
"I hurried here at once," said Villemot. "I have come to tell you that
the will is completely in order; it will certainly be confirmed by the
court, and you will be put in possession. You will have a fine
fortune."
"/I?/ Ein fein vordune?" cried Schmucke, despairingly. That he of all
men should be suspected of caring for the money!
|
