| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey: she no longer cared for herself. All of life, of good, of use in
the world, of hope in heaven entered in Lassiter's ride with
little Fay to safety. She would have tried to turn the iron-jawed
brute she rode, she would have given herself to that relentless,
dark-browed Tull. But she knew Lassiter would turn with her, so
she rode on and on.
Whether that run was of moments or hours Jane Withersteen could
not tell. Lassiter's horse covered her with froth that blew back
in white streams. Both horses ran their limit, were allowed slow
down in time to save them, and went on dripping, heaving,
staggering.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart: exactly the worst moment and rolled, end on, like a hoop, into a puddle.
But, oddly, she did not mind about the hat. She had only one conscious
thought just then. She hoped that, wherever Uncle James might be in
that world of the gone before, he might know what was happening to her
- or even see it He would have liked it. He had believed in the
Belgians and in the King. And now - The King did not go at once. He
went back to the little house and went through it. And he and one of
his generals climbed to the upper floor, and the King stood looking out
silently toward the land he loved and which for a time was no longer his.
He came down after a time, stooping his tall figure in the low doorway,
and said he would like some tea. So Marie put the kettle on, and Sara
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Cromwell by William Shakespeare: GARDINER.
Aye, on my honor.
CROMWELL.
Bear witness, Lords.--Tell him when he hath known you,
And tried your faith but half so much as mine,
He'll find you to be the falsest hearted man
In England. Pray, tell him this.
BEDFORD.
Be patient, good my Lord, in these extremes.
CROMWELL.
My kind and honorable Lord of Bedford,
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