| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: their Lord and mercy, and they it is who are guided.
Verily, Zafa and Merwah are of the beacons of God, and he who
makes the pilgrimage unto the House, or visits it, it is no crime
for him to compass them both about; and he who obeys his own impulse
to a good work,- God is grateful and doth know.
Verily, those who hide what we have revealed of manifest signs and
of guidance after we have manifested it to men in the Book, them God
shall curse, and those who curse shall curse them too. Save those
who turn and do right and make (the signs) manifest; these will I turn
to again, for I am easy to be turned and merciful.
Verily, those who misbelieve and die while still in misbelief, on
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from 'Twixt Land & Sea by Joseph Conrad: reckless hopefulness he clapped both his hands on that waist - and
then the irritating music stopped at last. But, quick as she was
in springing away from the contact (the round music-stool going
over with a crash), Heemskirk's lips, aiming at her neck, landed a
hungry, smacking kiss just under her ear. A deep silence reigned
for a time. And then he laughed rather feebly.
He was disconcerted somewhat by her white, still face, the big
light violet eyes resting on him stonily. She had not uttered a
sound. She faced him, steadying herself on the corner of the piano
with one extended hand. The other went on rubbing with mechanical
persistency the place his lips had touched.
'Twixt Land & Sea |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: what she was going to do. He was clutching at some last hope and I
couldn't bear to shake him free.
It was this night that he told me the strange story of his youth with
Dan Cody--told it to me because "Jay Gatsby." had broken up like glass
against Tom's hard malice, and the long secret extravaganza was played
out. I think that he would have acknowledged anything now, without
reserve, but he wanted to talk about Daisy.
She was the first "nice" girl he had ever known. In various unrevealed
capacities he had come in contact with such people, but always
with indiscernible barbed wire between. He found her excitingly
desirable. He went to her house, at first with other officers
The Great Gatsby |
