| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Death of the Lion by Henry James: another over the question of a certain week, at the end of July,
that Mr. Paraday appeared to have contracted to spend with her in
the country. I protested against this visit; I intimated that he
was too unwell for hospitality without a nuance, for caresses
without imagination; I begged he might rather take the time in some
restorative way. A sultry air of promises, of ponderous parties,
hung over his August, and he would greatly profit by the interval
of rest. He hadn't told me he was ill again that he had had a
warning; but I hadn't needed this, for I found his reticence his
worst symptom. The only thing he said to me was that he believed a
comfortable attack of something or other would set him up: it
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Herbert West: Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft: rang, startling him fearfully. All the servants were asleep in
the attic, so I answered the bell. As I have told the police,
there was no wagon in the street, but only a group of strange-looking
figures bearing a large square box which they deposited in the
hallway after one of them had grunted in a highly unnatural voice,
"Express -- prepaid." They filed out of the house with a jerky
tread, and as I watched them go I had an odd idea that they were
turning toward the ancient cemetery on which the back of the house
abutted. When I slammed the door after them West came downstairs
and looked at the box. It was about two feet square, and bore
West’s correct name and present address. It also bore the inscription,
Herbert West: Reanimator |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: to victory; but since then the true king had been with them
daily in his true colors. Arrogance, haughtiness, and petty
tyranny had marked his reign. Taxes had gone even higher
than under the corrupt influence of the Blentz regime.
The king's days were spent in bed; his nights in dissipation.
Old Ludwig von der Tann seemed Lutha's only friend at
court. Him the people loved and trusted.
It was the old chancellor who met them as they entered
the palace--the Princess Emma, Lieutenant Butzow, and
the false king. As the old man's eyes fell upon his daughter,
he gave an exclamation of surprise and of incredulity. He
The Mad King |
