The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: simultaneously was all that had protected either from
his machinations.
The presence of the uncanny creatures of the court of
mystery had become known to the Malay and he used this
knowledge as an argument to foment discord and mutiny
in the ignorant and superstitious crew under his
command. By boring a hole in the partition wall
separating their campong from the inner one he had
disclosed to the horrified view of his men the fearsome
brutes harbored so close to them. The mate, of course,
had no suspicion of the true origin of these monsters,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Under the Andes by Rex Stout: tight between both of mine as I asked simply, looking into her
eyes:
"Do you understand me now?"
Another silence.
"My revenge," she breathed.
I nodded and again pressed her hand to my lips.
"Yes, Desiree. We are not children. I think we know what we
mean. But you have not told me. Did you mean what you said that
day on the mountain?"
"Ah, I thought that was a play!" she murmured.
"Tell me! Did you mean it?"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Richard III by William Shakespeare: That were the cause of my imprisonment.
GLOUCESTER. No doubt, no doubt; and so shall Clarence too;
For they that were your enemies are his,
And have prevail'd as much on him as you.
HASTINGS. More pity that the eagles should be mew'd
Whiles kites and buzzards prey at liberty.
GLOUCESTER. What news abroad?
HASTINGS. No news so bad abroad as this at home:
The King is sickly, weak, and melancholy,
And his physicians fear him mightily.
GLOUCESTER. Now, by Saint John, that news is bad indeed.
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