| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris:
"Oh, Condy, and you thought of a LUNCH--you said it was shoes--and
you remembered I loved stuffed olives, too; and a book to read.
What is it--'The Seven Seas.' No, I never WAS so happy. But the
mouth organ--what's that for?"
"To play on. What did you think--think it was a can-opener?"
Blix choked with merriment over his foolery, and Condy added
proudly:
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: eyes. While he peered, the sound of feeble knocking was repeated -
and suddenly he felt rather than saw the existence of a massive
obstacle in his path. What was it? The spur of a hill? Or was it
a house! Yes. It was a house right close, as though it had risen
from the ground or had come gliding to meet him, dumb and pallid;
from some dark recess of the night. It towered loftily. He had
come up under its lee; another three steps and he could have
touched the wall with his hand. It was no doubt a POSADA and some
other traveller was trying for admittance. He heard again the
sound of cautious knocking.
Next moment a broad band of light fell into the night through the
Within the Tides |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Vendetta by Honore de Balzac: interlude in the drama thus played below the surface in these various
young hearts, the sentiments, ideas, and progress of which were
expressed by phrases that were almost allegorical, by mischievous
glances, by gestures, by silence even, more intelligible than words.
As soon as Madame Servin entered the studio, her eyes turned to the
door near which Ginevra was seated. Under present circumstances the
fact of this glance was not lost. Though at first none of the pupils
took notice of it, Mademoiselle Thirion recollected it later, and it
explained to her the doubt, fear, and mystery which now gave something
wild and frightened to Madame Servin's eyes.
"Mesdemoiselles," she said, "Monsieur Servin cannot come to-day."
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