| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Twelve Stories and a Dream by H. G. Wells: with flowers; thousands danced about the great circle beneath
the white images of the ancient gods, and glorious processions
of youths and maidens came and went. We two danced, not the dreary
monotonies of your days--of this time, I mean--but dances that were
beautiful, intoxicating. And even now I can see my lady dancing--
dancing joyously. She danced, you know, with a serious face; she
danced with a serious dignity, and yet she was smiling at me and
caressing me--smiling and caressing with her eyes.
"The music was different," he murmured. "It went--I cannot describe
it; but it was infinitely richer and more varied than any music
that has ever come to me awake.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: before? And now she looked closely at the figure of
Roger de Conde. Yes, somewhere else had she seen
these two men together; but where and when?
And then the strangeness of another incident came
to her mind. Roger de Conde spoke no English, and
yet she had plainly heard English words upon this
man's lips as he addressed the red giant.
Norman of Torn had recovered his helmet from one
of his men who had picked it up at the crossroads, and
now he rode in silence with lowered visor, as was his
custom.
The Outlaw of Torn |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Study of a Woman by Honore de Balzac: of our thoughts.
It was at this moment that I entered the room. Rastignac gave a jump
and said:--
"Ah! there you are, dear Horace; how long have you been here?"
"Just come."
"Ah!"
He took up the two letters, directed them, and rang for his servant.
"Take these," he said, "and deliver them."
Joseph departed without a word; admirable servant!
We began to talk of the expedition to Morea, to which I was anxious to
be appointed as physician. Eugene remarked that I should lose a great
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