| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: when she had practically lived at the house, there was no necessity
for small pretensions with her. She knew the china closet and the
pantry, and the kitchen. She had even penetrated to Mr. Wheeler's
shabby old den on the second floor, and had slept a part of the
first night there on the leather couch with broken springs which
he kept because it fitted his body.
She was a kindly woman, and she had ached with pity. And, because
of her usual detachment from the town and its affairs, the feeling
that she was being of service gave her a little glow of content.
She liked the family, too, and particularly she liked Elizabeth.
But after she had seen Dick and Elizabeth together once or twice
The Breaking Point |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Georgics by Virgil: All heaven no less is filled with falling snow;
The cattle perish: oxen's mighty frames
Stand island-like amid the frost, and stags
In huddling herds, by that strange weight benumbed,
Scarce top the surface with their antler-points.
These with no hounds they hunt, nor net with toils,
Nor scare with terror of the crimson plume;
But, as in vain they breast the opposing block,
Butcher them, knife in hand, and so dispatch
Loud-bellowing, and with glad shouts hale them home.
Themselves in deep-dug caverns underground
Georgics |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris: the hold, empty barrels were afloat, knocking hollowly against
each other. "We're in a bad way, mate."
"If it comes to that," returned Wilbur, surprised to see her thus
easily downcast, who was usually so indomitable--"if it comes to
that, we can swim for it--a couple of planks--"
"Swim?" she echoed; "I'm not thinking of that; of course we could
swim."
"What then?"
"The sharks!"
Wilbur's teeth clicked sharply together. He could think of
nothing to say.
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