| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather: and, once in a way, the careless holidays that
great men are not permitted."
Bartley gave a bitter little laugh, and
Hilda looked up and read in the deepening
lines of his face that youth and Bartley
would not much longer struggle together.
"I understand, Bartley. I was wrong. But I
didn't know. You've only to tell me now.
What must I do that I've not done, or what
must I not do?" She listened intently, but she
heard nothing but the creaking of his chair.
Alexander's Bridge |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne: remainder of her natural life to wear a mark of shame upon her
bosom. "
"A wise sentence," remarked the stranger, gravely.
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The Scarlet Letter |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic: and deep, not wholly complacent, attention on his face.
Evidently all this was by way of preparation for
something unpleasant.
"That was only last spring," said Michael. His tired
voice sank for a sentence or two into a meditative
half-whisper. "And it was MY last spring of all. I shall
not be growing weak any more, or drawing hard breaths,
when the first warm weather comes. It will be one season
to me hereafter, always the same." He lifted his voice
with perceptible effort. "I am talking too much.
The rest I can say in a word. Only half a year has
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