| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad: body, lost within the thick stuff, but his growl had
depth and substance: Confounded dump ship with
a craven, tiptoeing crowd. Why couldn't they
stamp and go with a brace? Wasn't there one God-
forsaken lubber in the lot fit to raise a yell on a
rope?
"Skulking's no good, sir," he attacked me
directly. "You can't slink past the old murderous
ruffian. It isn't the way. You must go for him
boldly--as I did. Boldness is what you want.
Show him that you don't care for any of his
The Shadow Line |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: John Carter be Prince of Helium"--he paused--"but instead let
him be Jeddak of Jeddaks, Warlord of Barsoom!"
As the thirty-one judges sprang to their feet with drawn and
upraised swords in unanimous concurrence in the verdict, the storm
broke throughout the length and breadth and height of that mighty
building until I thought the roof would fall from the thunder of
the mad shouting.
Now, at last, I saw the grim humor of the method they had adopted
to do me this great honor, but that there was any hoax in the
The Warlord of Mars |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare: Me shall you find ready and willing
With one consent to have her so bestow'd;
For curious I cannot be with you,
Signior Baptista, of whom I hear so well.
BAPTISTA.
Sir, pardon me in what I have to say.
Your plainness and your shortness please me well.
Right true it is your son Lucentio here
Doth love my daughter, and she loveth him,
Or both dissemble deeply their affections;
And therefore, if you say no more than this,
The Taming of the Shrew |
