| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: brutes. Likewise he believed that men wandering or lost in the
wilderness often reversed that brutal order of life and became
noble, wonderful, super-human. So now he did not marvel at a slow
stir stealing warmer along his veins, and at the premonition that
perhaps he and this man, alone on the desert, driven there by life's
mysterious and remorseless motive, were to see each other through
God's eyes.
His companion was one who thought of himself last. It humiliated
Cameron that in spite of growing keenness he could not hinder him
from doing more than an equal share of the day's work. The man
was mild, gentle, quiet, mostly silent, yet under all his softness
Desert Gold |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac: barriers, and wear a mask on entering into this game of grim
earnest, where, as in ancient Sparta, you must snatch your prize
without being detected if you would deserve the crown.
On his return he found the Vicomtesse gracious and kindly, as she
had always been to him. They went together to the dining-room,
where the Vicomte was waiting for his wife. In the time of the
Restoration the luxury of the table was carried, as is well
known, to the highest degree, and M. de Beauseant, like many
jaded men of the world, had few pleasures left but those of good
cheer; in this matter, in fact, he was a gourmand of the schools
of Louis XVIII. and of the Duc d'Escars, and luxury was
Father Goriot |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: Lord!' he says, 'Then taste the torment, for that ye did misbelieve!'
Losers are they who disbelieved in meeting God, until when the
hour comes suddenly upon them they say, 'Woe is us for our neglect
thereof!' for they shall bear their burdens on their backs, evil is
what they bear.
The life of this world is nothing but a game and a sport, and surely
the next abode were better for those who fear. What! do they not
understand?
Full well we know that verily that which they say grieves thee;
but they do not call thee only a liar, for the unjust gainsay the
signs of God. Called liars too were apostles before thee; but they
The Koran |
