| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: paused, spoon in hand, and looked at his daughter curiously.
"Did you hear a boat pass about half an hour ago Nina?" he asked.
The girl gave him a quick glance, and moving away from the light
stood with her back to the table.
"No," she said, slowly.
"There was a boat. At last! Dain himself; and he went on to
Lakamba. I know it, for he told me so. I spoke to him, but he
would not come here to-night. Will come to-morrow, he said."
He swallowed another spoonful, then said--
"I am almost happy to-night, Nina. I can see the end of a long
road, and it leads us away from this miserable swamp. We shall
Almayer's Folly |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: labouring every day for small wages, to make a few live
plentifully."
I enlarged myself much on these, and many other particulars to
the same purpose; but his honour was still to seek; for he went
upon a supposition, that all animals had a title to their share
in the productions of the earth, and especially those who
presided over the rest. Therefore he desired I would let him
know, "what these costly meats were, and how any of us happened
to want them?" Whereupon I enumerated as many sorts as came into
my head, with the various methods of dressing them, which could
not be done without sending vessels by sea to every part of the
Gulliver's Travels |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum: should go, because he knew exactly where everybody lived.
Finally, Button-Bright said:
"I want to go home, too."
"Why, so you shall!" cried Santa; "for I'm sure your father and
mother will be glad to see you again. Mr. Wizard, please blow a big,
fine bubble for Button-Bright to ride in, and I'll agree to send him
home to his family as safe as safe can be."
"I'm sorry," said Dorothy with a sigh, for she was fond of her little
comrade; "but p'raps it's best for Button-Bright to get home; 'cause
his folks must be worrying just dreadful."
She kissed the boy, and Ozma kissed him, too, and all the others waved
The Road to Oz |
