| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Cousin Pons by Honore de Balzac: Cecile, abashed, turned away to hide her blushes. A German cannot
resist a display of this kind; Brunner caught Cecile's hand, made her
turn, and watched her confusion under his gaze, after the manner of
the heroes of the novels of Auguste Lafontaine of chaste memory.
"You are adorable," said he.
Cecile's petulant gesture replied, "So are you--who could help liking
you?"
"It is all right, mamma," she whispered to her parent, who came up at
that moment with Pons.
The sight of a family party on these occasions is not to be described.
Everybody was well satisfied to see a mother put her hand on an
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy: "Please, sir, do you know at what time Casterbridge
Union-house closes at night?"
The woman said these words to Troy over his
shoulder.
Troy started visibly at the sound of the voice; yet
he seemed to recover presence of mind sufficient to
prevent himself from giving way to his impulse to
suddenly turn and face her. He said, slowly --
"I don't know."
The woman, on hearing him speak, quickly looked
up, examined the side of his face, and recognized the
Far From the Madding Crowd |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, etc. by Oscar Wilde: with Californian etiquette, to hold up his hands! The ghost
started up with a wild shriek of rage, and swept through them like
a mist, extinguishing Washington Otis's candle as he passed, and so
leaving them all in total darkness. On reaching the top of the
staircase he recovered himself, and determined to give his
celebrated peal of demoniac laughter. This he had on more than one
occasion found extremely useful. It was said to have turned Lord
Raker's wig grey in a single night, and had certainly made three of
Lady Canterville's French governesses give warning before their
month was up. He accordingly laughed his most horrible laugh, till
the old vaulted roof rang and rang again, but hardly had the
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