| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo: pursuit of his hat.
"Why, Allie," she gazed at him with deep reproach. "You liked
this place so much when we first came here."
Again Alfred picked at the lint on his coat sleeve. Edging her
way toward him cautiously she ventured to touch his sleeve with
the brush.
"I'll attend to that myself," he said curtly, and he sank into
the nearest chair to tie a refractory shoe lace.
"Let me brush you, dear," pleaded Zoie. "I don't wish you to
start out in the world looking unbrushed," she pouted. Then with
a sly emphasis she added teasingly, "The OTHER women might not
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: impart those thoughts formally to Mrs. Travers. In fact he
avoided discussing Lingard with Mrs. Travers who, he thought, was
quite intelligent enough to appreciate the exact shade of his
attitude. If that shade was fine, Mrs. Travers was fine, too; and
there was no need to discuss the colours of this adventure.
Moreover, she herself seemed to avoid all direct discussion of
the Lingard element in their fate. D'Alcacer was fine enough to
be aware that those two seemed to understand each other in a way
that was not obvious even to themselves. Whenever he saw them
together he was always much tempted to observe them. And he
yielded to the temptation. The fact of one's life depending on
The Rescue |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Main Street by Sinclair Lewis: But I know one thing for certain: You're the pluckiest little
idiot in the world."
"And so you are about to flay me alive." Carol was
cheerful about it.
"Am I? Perhaps. I've been wondering--I know that the
third party to a squabble is often the most to blame: the one
who runs between A and B having a beautiful time telling each
of them what the other has said. But I want you to take a
big part in vitalizing Gopher Prairie and so---- Such a very
unique opportunity and---- Am I silly?"
"I know what you mean. I was too abrupt at the Jolly
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