| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson: Before it was day, the elder son arose, and he found the maid at
her weaving, for she was a diligent girl. "Maid," quoth he, "I
would fain marry you."
"You must speak with my father," said she, and she looked upon the
ground smiling, and became like the rose.
"Her heart is with me," said the elder son, and he went down to the
lake and sang.
A little after came the younger son. "Maid," quoth he, "if our
fathers were agreed, I would like well to marry you."
"You can speak to my father," said she; and looked upon the ground,
and smiled and grew like the rose.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells: walked into Ann Veronica's room. It was a neat, efficient-looking
room, with a writing-table placed with a business-like regard to
the window, and a bookcase surmounted by a pig's skull, a
dissected frog in a sealed bottle, and a pile of shiny,
black-covered note-books. In the corner of the room were two
hockey-sticks and a tennis-racket, and upon the walls Ann
Veronica, by means of autotypes, had indicated her proclivities
in art. But Miss Stanley took no notice of these things. She
walked straight across to the wardrobe and opened it. There,
hanging among Ann Veronica's more normal clothing, was a skimpy
dress of red canvas, trimmed with cheap and tawdry braid, and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: towards Babalatchi, squatting comfortably at the feet of his
master, and remained silent with a slightly bent head as if in
attentive expectation of coming words of wisdom.
Babalatchi coughed discreetly, and, leaning forward, pushed over
a few mats for Dain to sit upon, then lifting up his squeaky
voice he assured him with eager volubility of everybody's delight
at this long-looked-for return. His heart had hungered for the
sight of Dain's face, and his ears were withering for the want of
the refreshing sound of his voice. Everybody's hearts and ears
were in the same sad predicament, according to Babalatchi, as he
indicated with a sweeping gesture the other bank of the river
Almayer's Folly |
