| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber: "My car's waiting," said Fenger. "Won't you let me take you
home?"
A warning pressure from Theodore. "Thanks, no. We have a
car. Theodore's very tired."
"I can quite believe that."
"Not tired," growled Theodore, like a great boy. "I'm
hungry. Starved. I never eat before playing."
Kurt Stein, Theodore's manager, had been hovering over him
solicitously. "You must remember to-morrow night. I should
advise you to rest now, as quickly as possible." He, too,
glared at Fenger.
Fanny Herself |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: servants had gone to a funeral and the children were playing in
Melanie's back yard. Melanie--
Melanie! Scarlett went cold at the thought of her as she climbed
the stairs to her room. Melanie would hear of this. India had
said she would tell her. Oh, India would glory in telling her, not
caring if she blackened Ashley's name, not caring if she hurt
Melanie, if by so doing she could injure Scarlett! And Mrs. Elsing
would talk too, even though she had really seen nothing, because
she was behind India and Archie in the door of the lumber office.
But she would talk, just the same. The news would be all over town
by supper time. Everyone, even the negroes, would know by
Gone With the Wind |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas: Gondy withdrew, distributing benedictions on his way, and
finding a malicious satisfaction in causing the adherents of
his foes to prostrate themselves at his feet.
"Oh!" he murmured, as he left the threshold of the palace:
"ungrateful court! faithless court! cowardly court! I will
teach you how to laugh to-morrow -- but in another manner."
But whilst they were indulging in extravagant joy at the
Palais Royal, to increase the hilarity of the queen,
Mazarin, a man of sense, and whose fear, moreover, gave him
foresight, lost no time in making idle and dangerous jokes;
he went out after the coadjutor, settled his account, locked
Twenty Years After |
