| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Divine Comedy (translated by H.F. Cary) by Dante Alighieri: Which my guide spake, appear'd not; but 'twas said
"Along the bank to rightward come with us,
And ye shall find a pass that mocks not toil
Of living man to climb: and were it not
That I am hinder'd by the rock, wherewith
This arrogant neck is tam'd, whence needs I stoop
My visage to the ground, him, who yet lives,
Whose name thou speak'st not him I fain would view.
To mark if e'er I knew him? and to crave
His pity for the fardel that I bear.
I was of Latiun, of a Tuscan horn
The Divine Comedy (translated by H.F. Cary) |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: "Yes; I bought her ticket for her. Gave her lower eleven."
"And you took ten?"
"Lower ten."
McKnight straightened up and looked at me.
"Then she thought you were in lower ten."
"I suppose she did, if she thought at all."
"But listen, man." McKnight was growing excited. "What do you
figure out of this? The Conway woman knows you have taken the
notes to Pittsburg. The probabilities are that she follows you
there, on the chance of an opportunity to get them, either for
Bronson or herself.
The Man in Lower Ten |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: It's Clark all right. I'm not saying you knew it was Clark, but I
want to ask you some questions."
He went out, and Bassett heard him shouting an order in the street.
He went to the street door, and realized that a search was going on,
both by the police and by unofficial volunteers. Men on horseback
clattered by to guard the borders of the town, and in the vicinity
of the hotel searchers were investigating yards and alleyways.
Bassett himself was helpless. He stood by, watching the fire of
his own igniting, conscious of the curious scrutiny of the few hotel
loungers who remained, and expecting momentarily to hear of Dick's
capture. It must come eventually, he felt sure. As to how Dick
The Breaking Point |
