| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy: "Let us go on now."
They started arm in arm for the office aforesaid, no witness
accompanying them except the Widow Edlin. The day was chilly and dull,
and a clammy fog blew through the town from "Royal-tower'd Thame."
On the steps of the office there were the muddy foot-marks of people
who had entered, and in the entry were damp umbrellas Within the office
several persons were gathered, and our couple perceived that a
marriage between a soldier and a young woman was just in progress.
Sue, Jude, and the widow stood in the background while this
was going on, Sue reading the notices of marriage on the wall.
The room was a dreary place to two of their temperament,
Jude the Obscure |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: showed he carefully obliterated it. This procedure was
attentively watched by Fletcher and his companions.
"Wal, Dodge," remarked Fletcher, as Duane returned, "thet's
safer 'n prayin' fer rain."
Duanes reply was a remark as loquacious as Fletcher's, to the
effect that a long, slow, monotonous ride was conducive to
thirst. They all joined him, unmistakably friendly. But Knell
was not there, and most assuredly not Poggin. Fletcher was no
common outlaw, but, whatever his ability, it probably lay in
execution of orders. Apparently at that time these men had
nothing to do but drink and lounge around the tavern. Evidently
The Lone Star Ranger |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells: indeed, almost see through it the Morlocks on their ant-hill
going hither and thither and waiting for the dark. In my
excitement I fancied that they would receive my invasion of their
burrows as a declaration of war. And why had they taken my Time
Machine?
`So we went on in the quiet, and the twilight deepened into
night. The clear blue of the distance faded, and one star after
another came out. The ground grew dim and the trees black.
Weena's fears and her fatigue grew upon her. I took her in my
arms and talked to her and caressed her. Then, as the darkness
grew deeper, she put her arms round my neck, and, closing her
The Time Machine |
