| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert: like suns beneath triumphal arches? Think: when she appeared all the
torches grew pale. Her naked breast shone here and there through the
diamonds of her necklace; behind her you perceived as it were the
odour of a temple, and her whole being emitted something that was
sweeter than wine and more terrible than death. She walked, however,
and then she stopped."
He remained gaping with his head cast down and his eyeballs fixed.
"But I want her! I need her! I am dying for her! I am transported with
frenzied joy at the thought of clasping her in my arms, and yet I hate
her, Spendius! I should like to beat her! What is to be done? I have a
mind to sell myself and become her slave! YOU have been that! You were
Salammbo |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: Think I care? Why, I LIKE it. I run my ranch to suit myself
and I play my game my own way. I'm a 'driver,' I know it, and a
'bully,' too. Oh, I know what they call me--'a brute beast, with
a twist in my temper that would rile up a new-born lamb,' and I'm
'crusty' and 'pig-headed' and 'obstinate.' They say all that, but
they've got to say, too, that I'm cleverer than any man-jack in
the running. There's nobody can get ahead of me." His eyes
snapped. "Let 'em grind their teeth. They can't 'down' me.
When I shut my fist there's not one of them can open it. No, not
with a CHISEL." He turned to Hilma again. "Well, when a man's
hated as much as that, it stands to reason, don't it, Miss Hilma,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: And he kept his ardour unquenched from beginning to end, ever
ascending in his heart, and going from strength to strength, and
continually adding desire to desire, and zeal to zeal, until he
arrived at the bliss that he had hoped and longed for.
XXXIX.
Thus did Barlaam and Ioasaph dwell together, rivals in the good
rivalry, apart from all anxious care and all the turmoils of
life, possessing their minds undisturbed and clear of all
confusion. After their many labours after godliness, one day
Barlaam called to him his spiritual son, whom he had begotten
through the Gospel, and opened his mouth to discourse of
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