| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from To-morrow by Joseph Conrad: their conquest, began to gather her skirts, staring
all the time before her. Suddenly she darted
through the open gate into the dark and deserted
street.
"Stop!" she shouted. "Don't go!"
And listening with an attentive poise of the head,
she could not tell whether it was the beat of the
swell or his fateful tread that seemed to fall cruelly
upon her heart. Presently every sound grew
fainter, as though she were slowly turning into
stone. A fear of this awful silence came to her--
To-morrow |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: having no special qualifications, appointed directors of banking
companies with immense salaries, I conclude that the salary is
not fixed in accordance with the law of supply and demand, but
simply through personal interest. And this is an abuse of great
gravity in itself, and one that reacts injuriously on the
government service. I consider . . ."
Stepan Arkadyevitch made haste to interrupt his brother-in-law.
"Yes; but you must agree that it's a new institution of undoubted
utility that's being started. After all, you know, it's a growing
thing! What they lay particular stress on is the thing being
carried on honestly," said Stepan Arkadyevitch with emphasis.
Anna Karenina |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: wedded retainer to dispose of what was left. 'I have swallowed all
I can, I cannot swallow more, it is a physical impossibility,' he
seemed to say; and his stern officer reiterated her commands with
secret imperative signals. Luckless dog! but in mere humanity we
came to the rescue and removed the cup.
I cannot but smile over this funny household; yet I remember the
good souls with affection and respect. Their attention to
ourselves was surprising. The garlands are much esteemed, the
blossoms must be sought far and wide; and though they had many
retainers to call to their aid, we often saw themselves passing
afield after the blossoms, and the wife engaged with her own in
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