| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Madame Firmiani by Honore de Balzac: food.' I was ashamed. The fresher my honesty, the more intense it was.
I rushed to Madame Firmiani. Uncle! that day I had pleasures of the
heart, enjoyments of the soul, that were far beyond millions. Together
we made out the account of what was due to the Bourgneufs, and I
condemned myself, against Madame Firmiani's advice, to pay three per
cent interest. But all I had did not suffice to cover the full amount.
We were lovers enough for her to offer, and me to accept, her
savings--"
"What! besides her other virtues does that adorable woman lay by
money?" cried his uncle.
"Don't laugh at her, uncle; her position has obliged her to be very
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft: stench was half overshadowed by the newer and stranger stench,
here more pungent than at any other point along our route. Only
when we had come very close to the sprawling obstructions could
we trace that second, unexplainable fetor to any immediate source
- and the instant we did so Danforth, remembering certain very
vivid sculptures of the Old Ones’ history in the Permian Age one
hundred and fifty million years ago, gave vent to a nerve-tortured
cry which echoed hysterically through that vaulted and archaic
passage with the evil, palimpsest carvings.
I came only just
short of echoing his cry myself; for I had seen those primal sculptures,
At the Mountains of Madness |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: great empty meal-chest in the corner, and there they lay as still
as mice.
By-and-by in came the gang of thieves with a great noise and
uproar, and down they sat to their supper. The poor servant lay
in the chest listening to all they said of the dreadful things
they had done that day--how they had cruelly robbed and murdered
poor people. Every word that they said he heard, and he trembled
until his teeth chattered in his head. But all the same the
robbers knew nothing of the two being there, and there they lay
until near the dawning of the day. Then the travelling companion
bade the servant be stirring, and up they got, and out of the
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