| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: For if not, why he hurry so? His very tone betray him,
or my ears deceive. Why take that money? You follow quick.
You are hunters of the wild beast, and understand it so.
For me, I make sure that nothing here may be of use to him,
if so that he returns."
As he spoke he put the money remaining in his pocket,
took the title deeds in the bundle as Harker had left them,
and swept the remaining things into the open fireplace,
where he set fire to them with a match.
Godalming and Morris had rushed out into the yard, and Harker
had lowered himself from the window to follow the Count.
Dracula |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather: perfectly natural that a tall brown gentleman
should be standing there, looking up through
his glasses at the gray housetops.
The sun sank rapidly; the silvery light
had faded from the bare boughs and the
watery twilight was setting in when Wilson
at last walked down the hill, descending into
cooler and cooler depths of grayish shadow.
His nostril, long unused to it, was quick to
detect the smell of wood smoke in the air,
blended with the odor of moist spring earth
Alexander's Bridge |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo: "I guess they're your'n all right," admitted the officer
doggedly, and he grudgingly released the three infants to their
rightful parents.
"I guess they'd better be," shouted O'Flarety; then he and the
Italian woman made for the door with their babes pressed close to
their hearts.
"Wait a minute," cried Alfred. "I want an understanding."
O'Flarety turned in the doorway and raised a warning fist.
"If you don't leave my kids alone, you'll GIT 'an understanding.'
"
"Me too," added the mother.
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