| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac: have lost your father," seemed to him a mere nothing to say; fathers
die before their children. But "you are absolutely without means,"--
all the misfortunes of life were summed up in those words! Grandet
walked round the garden three times, the gravel crunching under his
heavy step.
In the crucial moments of life our minds fasten upon the locality
where joys or sorrows overwhelm us. Charles noticed with minute
attention the box-borders of the little garden, the yellow leaves as
they fluttered down, the dilapidated walls, the gnarled fruit-trees,--
picturesque details which were destined to remain forever in his
memory, blending eternally, by the mnemonics that belong exclusively
Eugenie Grandet |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: it lay inside her. But with her mind she was inclined to ridicule. A
man washing himself in a back yard! No doubt with evil-smelling yellow
soap! She was rather annoyed; why should she be made to stumble on
these vulgar privacies?
So she walked away from herself, but after a while she sat down on a
stump. She was too confused to think. But in the coil of her confusion,
she was determined to deliver her message to the fellow. She would not
he balked. She must give him time to dress himself, but not time to go
out. He was probably preparing to go out somewhere.
So she sauntered slowly back, listening. As she came near, the cottage
looked just the same. A dog barked, and she knocked at the door, her
Lady Chatterley's Lover |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum: of an army. If they prove to be friendly, they can
help us; if they are enemies, I'll show them the
Love Magnet."
Chapter Eight
Tik-Tok Tackles a Tough Task
While Shaggy and his companions stood huddled in a
group at one side, the Army of Oogaboo was
approaching along the pathway, the tramp of their
feet being now and then accompanied by a dismal
groan as one of the officers stepped on a sharp
stone or knocked his funnybone against his
Tik-Tok of Oz |
