| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris: said with a long breath:
"And she was just about your age, miss, when I saw her; and you
favor her, too."
Condy and Travis held their breaths in attention. There in the
cabin of that curious nondescript whaleback they had come suddenly
to the edge of a romance--a romance that had been lived through
before they were born. Then Travis said in a low voice, and
sweetly
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy: passed her on the way hither. He had not to wait many
minutes, however, for he soon heard her dress rustling in
the hall, followed by a soft closing of the door. In a
moment she appeared.
The light was so low that she did not notice Henchard at
first. As soon as she saw him she uttered a little cry,
almost of terror.
"How can you frighten me so?" she exclaimed, with a flushed
face. "It is past ten o'clock, and you have no right to
surprise me here at such a time."
"I don't know that I've not the right. At any rate I have
The Mayor of Casterbridge |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the question, kagoda--have you had enough?
For a moment the bull lay motionless. Then from between
battered lips came the single word: "Kagoda!"
"Then rise and go back among your people," said Korak.
"I do not wish to be king among people who once drove me
from them. Keep your own ways, and we will keep ours.
When we meet we may be friends, but we shall not live together."
An old bull came slowly toward The Killer.
"You have killed our king," he said. "You have defeated him
who would have been king. You could have killed him had
you wished. What shall we do for a king?"
The Son of Tarzan |
