| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: The group in blue shuffled their feet and looked embarrassed and
after several clearings of throats, they tramped out. The young
captain paused in the doorway.
"If there's anything more I can do--"
"No, thank you."
He went out, closing the door behind him.
"Drink some more," said Rhett.
"No."
"Drink it."
She swallowed another mouthful and the warmth began spreading
through her body and strength flowed slowly back into her shaking
Gone With the Wind |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: of the cheer to whisper to his friend, "Good for you, Jo! He did
cheat, I saw him. We can't tell him so, but he won't do it again,
take my word for it."
Meg drew her aside, under pretense of pinning up a loose
braid, and said approvingly, "It was dreadfully provoking, but you
kept your temper, and I'm so glad, Jo."
"Don't praise me, Meg, for I could box his ears this minute.
I should certainly have boiled over if I hadn't stayed among the
nettles till I got my rage under control enough to hold my tongue..
It's simmering now, so I hope he'll keep out of my way," returned
Jo, biting her lips as she glowered at Fred from under her big hat.
Little Women |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic: everything except a bore. They draw the line at that.
You see how diametrically opposed this Catholic point of
view is to the Protestant."
"The difference does seem extremely curious to me,"
said Theron. "Now, those people in the hall--"
"Go on," put in the doctor, as the other faltered hesitatingly.
"I know what you were going to say. It struck you
as odd that he should let them wait on the bench there,
while he came up here to smoke."
Theron smiled faintly. "I WAS thinking that my--
my parishioners wouldn't have taken it so quietly.
The Damnation of Theron Ware |
