| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte: them away; then, not a moon, but a white human form shone in the
azure, inclining a glorious brow earthward. It gazed and gazed on
me. It spoke to my spirit: immeasurably distant was the tone, yet
so near, it whispered in my heart -
"My daughter, flee temptation."
"Mother, I will."
So I answered after I had waked from the trance-like dream. It was
yet night, but July nights are short: soon after midnight, dawn
comes. "It cannot be too early to commence the task I have to
fulfil," thought I. I rose: I was dressed; for I had taken off
nothing but my shoes. I knew where to find in my drawers some
Jane Eyre |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Moby Dick by Herman Melville: is! It looks like a real live leg, filed down to nothing but the
core; he'll be standing on this to-morrow; he'll be taking altitudes
on it. Halloa! I almost forgot the little oval slate, smoothed
ivory, where he figures up the latitude. So, so; chisel, file, and
sand-paper, now!
CHAPTER 109
Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin.
According to usage they were pumping the ship next morning; and lo!
no inconsiderable oil came up with the water; the casks below must
have sprung a bad leak. Much concern was shown; and Starbuck went
down into the cabin to report this unfavourable affair.*
Moby Dick |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: But she rallied herself, as she walked along. The idea of her
starving, of her mother and Hilda starving, was out of all
reason. Of course, it would not come to that, of course not. It
was not thus that starvation came. Something would happen, of
course, it would--in time. But meanwhile, meanwhile, how to get
through this approaching night, and the next few days. That was
the thing to think of just now.
The suddenness of it all was what most unnerved her. During all
the nineteen years of her life, she had never known what it meant
to shift for herself. Her father had always sufficed for the
family; he had taken care of her, then, all of a sudden, her
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