| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad: immobility of his round eyes, as he was used to stare at the
various members of the criminal class when, after being duly
cautioned, they made their statements in the tones of injured
innocence, or false simplicity, or sullen resignation. But behind
that professional and stony fixity there was some surprise too, for
in such a tone, combining nicely the note of contempt and
impatience, Chief Inspector Heat, the right-hand man of the
department, was not used to be addressed. He began in a
procrastinating manner, like a man taken unawares by a new and
unexpected experience.
"What I've got against that man Michaelis you mean, sir?"
The Secret Agent |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: Proverbs 30: 5 Every word of God is tried; He is a shield unto them that take refuge in Him.
Proverbs 30: 6 Add thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Proverbs 30: 7 Two things have I asked of Thee; deny me them not before I die:
Proverbs 30: 8 Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread;
Proverbs 30: 9 Lest I be full, and deny, and say: 'Who is the LORD?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.
Proverbs 30: 10 Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
Proverbs 30: 11 There is a generation that curse their father, and do not bless their mother.
Proverbs 30: 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Proverbs 30: 13 There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
Proverbs 30: 14 There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their great teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Proverbs 30: 15 The horseleech hath two daughters: 'Give, give.' There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four that say not: 'Enough':
The Tanach |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Love and Friendship by Jane Austen: enemy to everything which is not directed by Decorum and
Formality, or which bears the least resemblance to Ease and Good-
breeding. Nay so great was her aversion to her Nephews behaviour
that I have often heard her give such hints of it before his face
that had not Henry at such times been engaged in conversation
with Eloisa, they must have caught his Attention and have very
much distressed him. The alteration in my Sisters behaviour
which I have before hinted at, now took place. The Agreement we
had entered into of admiring each others productions she no
longer seemed to regard, and tho' I constantly applauded even
every Country-dance, she played, yet not even a pidgeon-pye of my
Love and Friendship |
