| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe: burying-rings, the lady's wedding-ring, and some broken bits
of old lockets of gold, a gold watch, and a purse with about
#24 value in old pieces of gold coin, and several other things
of value.
This was the greatest and the worst prize that ever I was
concerned in; for indeed, though, as I have said above, I was
hardened now beyond the power of all reflection in other cases,
yet it really touched me to the very soul when I looked into
this treasure, to think of the poor disconsolate gentlewoman
who had lost so much by the fire besides; and who would think,
to be sure, that she had saved her plate and best things; how
Moll Flanders |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Anthem by Ayn Rand: bread and water, and once for the Judges.
Many Judges came to our cell,
first the humblest and then the
most honored Judges of the City.
They stood before us in their white togas,
and they asked:
"Are you ready to speak?"
But we shook our head, lying before
them on the floor. And they departed.
We counted each day and each night as it passed.
Then, tonight, we knew that we must escape.
Anthem |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: already excited nerves on edge.
"Here's what I'm looking for," she exclaimed triumphantly, a minute
later, and pointed to the paragraph:
"Mrs. Margaret Perry Brewster, the fascinating widow, added
nothing material to the case in her testimony, and she was
quickly excused, after stating that she was told about the
tragedy by the McIntyre twins upon their return from the
Police Court."
"Well what of it?" asked Kent.
"Only this, Mr. Kent;" Mrs. Sylvester enjoyed nothing so much as
talking to a good looking man, especially in the presence of her
The Red Seal |
