| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: If the latter, we must trace. . ."
Here we were interrupted in a very startling way.
Outside the house came the sound of a pistol shot, the glass
of the window was shattered with a bullet, which ricochetting
from the top of the embrasure, struck the far wall of the room.
I am afraid I am at heart a coward, for I shrieked out.
The men all jumped to their feet, Lord Godalming flew over
to the window and threw up the sash. As he did so we heard
Mr. Morris' voice without, "Sorry! I fear I have alarmed you.
I shall come in and tell you about it."
A minute later he came in and said, "It was an idiotic
Dracula |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Market-Place by Harold Frederic: order to see if we can't better it--but that's precisely
the thing that doesn't get talked about between us.
You would never have told me that you were unhappy----"
"You use the word again," she reminded him, a wan smile
softening her protest.
Thorpe stood up, and took a slow step toward the chair.
He held her glance with his own, as he stood then,
his head bent, gravely regarding her.
"Do you tell me that you are happy?" he asked,
with sober directness.
She fluttered her hands in a little restrained gesture
The Market-Place |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Stories From the Old Attic by Robert Harris: "Here is a coin worth a hundred dollars," the wise man said to the
first youth. "What should I do with it?"
"Give it to me," he said at once.
"Rather than reward such selfishness and greed," responded the
wise man, "it would be better to throw the money into the sea." And
with this, the wise man threw the coin into the water. "Now," he
said to the second youth, "here is another coin. What should I do
with it?"
The second youth, feeling shrewd, answered, "Throw it into the sea."
But the wise man said, "That would be a careless waste. To
follow a bad example only because it is an example is folly. Better
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