| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy: No water came, and the organ notes, faint as a bee's hum,
rolled in as before.
While he remained, his face changing, shouts and hurrahs came
from somewhere in the direction of the river.
"Ah--yes! The Remembrance games," he murmured. "And I here.
And Sue defiled!"
The hurrahs were repeated, drowning the faint organ notes.
Jude's face changed more: he whispered slowly, his parched lips
scarcely moving:
"LET THE DAY PERISH WHEREIN I WAS BORN, AND THE NIGHT IN WHICH IT WAS SAID,
THERE IS A MAN-CHILD CONCEIVED."
Jude the Obscure |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and
from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sec-
tions of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a
successful night attack on the part of the balance of the
British forces.
Weeks had elapsed. The Germans were contesting stub-
bornly every mile of waterless, thorn-covered ground and
clinging desperately to their positions along the railway. The
officers of the Second Rhodesians had seen nothing more of
Tarzan of the Apes since he had slain Underlieutenant von
Goss and disappeared toward the very heart of the German
Tarzan the Untamed |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield: alighted on the steps of the Casino. Indeed, she was bored--bored as
though Heaven had been full of casinos with snuffy old saints for croupiers
and crowns to play with.
"You don't mind taking Hennie?" said Mrs. Raddick. "Sure you don't?
There's the car, and you'll have tea and we'll be back here on this step--
right here--in an hour. You see, I want her to go in. She's not been
before, and it's worth seeing. I feel it wouldn't be fair to her."
"Oh, shut up, mother," said she wearily. "Come along. Don't talk so much.
And your bag's open; you'll be losing all your money again."
"I'm sorry, darling," said Mrs. Raddick.
"Oh, do come in! I want to make money," said the impatient voice. "It's
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