| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Prince of Bohemia by Honore de Balzac: single incident will suffice to give you an idea of Tullia's
crotchets. Her bed-spread of Brussels lace was worth ten thousand
francs. A famous actress had another like it. As soon as Claudine
heard this, she allowed her cat, a splendid Angora, to sleep on the
bed. That trait gives you the woman. Du Bruel dared not say a word; he
was ordered to spread abroad that challenge in luxury, so that it
might reach the other. Tullia was very fond of this gift from the Duc
de Rhetore; but one day, five years after her marriage, she played
with her cat to such purpose that the coverlet--furbelows, flounces,
and all--was torn to shreds, and replaced by a sensible quilt, a quilt
that was a quilt, and not a symptom of the peculiar form of insanity
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum: beginning to grow dark. So they hesitated as to what to
do.
"If friendly people happen to live here," said Woot.
I shall be glad of a bed; but should enemies occupy the
place, I prefer to sleep upon the ground."
"And if no one at all lives here," added the
Scarecrow, "we can enter, and take possession, and
make ourselves at home."
While speaking he went nearer to one of the great
doors, which was three times as high and broad as any
he had ever seen in a house before, and then he
The Tin Woodman of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: No, Scarlett, don't cry. You've tried every trick except that one
and I don't think I could stand it. My feelings are already
lacerated with disappointment at discovering it was my money and
not my charming self you wanted."
She remembered that he frequently told bald truths about himself
when he spoke mockingly--mocking himself as well as others, and she
hastily looked up at him. Were his feelings really hurt? Did he
really care about her? Had he been on the verge of a proposal when
he saw her palms? Or had he only been leading up to another such
odious proposal as he had made twice before? If he really cared
about her, perhaps she could smooth him down. But his black eyes
Gone With the Wind |
