| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: the slow and formal preparations for departure could be
seen. Raoul opened one of the side windows, and then, being
alone with Louise, said to her: "You know, Louise, that from
my childhood I have regarded you as my sister, as one who
has been the confidante of all my troubles, to whom I have
entrusted all my hopes."
"Yes, M. Raoul," she answered softly; "yes, M. Raoul, I know
that."
"You used, on your side, to show the same friendship towards
me, and had the same confidence in me; why have you not, on
this occasion, been my friend -- why have you shown
Ten Years Later |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: deaded the activity of certain nerves; and then the light
flashed on once again, and before me stood an array of new
and tempting dishes, with great bottles of clear water and
flagons of refreshing wine, upon the outside of which the
cold sweat of condensation stood.
Again, with the hunger madness of a wild beast, I sprang
forward to seize those tempting dishes; but, as before,
the light went out and I came to a sudden stop against a hard wall.
Then the mocking laugh rang out for a second time.
The Warlord of Mars |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen: and the frequent bursts of grief which still obliged her,
at intervals, to withhold her pen, were proofs enough of her
feeling how more than probable it was that she was writing
for the last time to Willoughby.
Elinor paid her every quiet and unobtrusive attention
in her power; and she would have tried to sooth and
tranquilize her still more, had not Marianne entreated her,
with all the eagerness of the most nervous irritability,
not to speak to her for the world. In such circumstances,
it was better for both that they should not be long together;
and the restless state of Marianne's mind not only prevented
Sense and Sensibility |
