| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad: "`His end,' said I, with dull anger stirring in me, `was in every
way worthy of his life.'
"`And I was not with him,' she murmured. My anger subsided
before a feeling of infinite pity.
"`Everything that could be done--' I mumbled.
"`Ah, but I believed in him more than any one on earth--more than
his own mother, more than--himself. He needed me! Me! I would
have treasured every sigh, every word, every sign, every glance.'
"I felt like a chill grip on my chest. `Don't,' I said,
in a muffled voice.
"`Forgive me. I--I have mourned so long in silence--in silence.
Heart of Darkness |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad: stanchion on the bridge, almost against the binnacle.
He had even in the early days more than one tussle on
that point with Captain Whalley, who desired the
bridge to be kept tidy. He had been overawed then.
Of late, though, he had been able to defy his partner
with impunity. Captain Whalley never seemed to
notice anything now. As to the Malays, in their awe
of that scowling man not one of the crew would dream
of laying a hand on the thing, no matter where or what
it swung from.
With an unexpectedness which made Mr. Massy jump
End of the Tether |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: will tell it to you now."
"Since you really wish it, I will listen."
This is what he told me, and I have scarcely changed a word of
the touching story.
Yes (Armand went on, letting his head sink back on the chair),
yes, it was just such an evening as this. I had spent the day in
the country with one of my friends, Gaston R--. We returned to
Paris in the evening, and not knowing what to do we went to the
Varietes. We went out during one of the entr'actes, and a tall
woman passed us in the corridor, to whom my friend bowed.
"Whom are you bowing to?" I asked.
Camille |
