| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: he had been able to find but little, and that little he
had given to the girl, telling her that he had eaten
his fill while he gathered hers.
It was on the fifth morning, when Virginia awoke, that
she found Bulan rolling and tossing upon the wet ground
before her shelter, delirious with fever. At the sight
of the mighty figure reduced to pitiable inefficiency
and weakness, despite the knowledge that her protector
could no longer protect, the fear of the jungle faded
from the heart of the young girl--she was no more
a weak and trembling daughter of an effete civilization.
The Monster Men |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lysis by Plato: crown upon his head, like a fair vision, and not less worthy of praise for
his goodness than for his beauty. We left them, and went over to the
opposite side of the room, where, finding a quiet place, we sat down; and
then we began to talk. This attracted Lysis, who was constantly turning
round to look at us--he was evidently wanting to come to us. For a time he
hesitated and had not the courage to come alone; but first of all, his
friend Menexenus, leaving his play, entered the Palaestra from the court,
and when he saw Ctesippus and myself, was going to take a seat by us; and
then Lysis, seeing him, followed, and sat down by his side; and the other
boys joined. I should observe that Hippothales, when he saw the crowd, got
behind them, where he thought that he would be out of sight of Lysis, lest
Lysis |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Hated Son by Honore de Balzac: not only this day but all days; for they belonged to one another from
the first hour, passing the sceptre from one to the other and playing
with themselves as children play with life. Sitting, happy and
content, upon the golden sands, they told each other their past,
painful for him, but rich in dreams; dreamy for her, but full of
painful pleasure.
"I never had a mother," said Gabrielle, "but my father has been good
as God himself."
"I never had a father," said the hated son, "but my mother was all of
heaven to me."
Etienne related his youth, his love for his mother, his taste for
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