| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery: curiosity she would not.
"Isn't this evening just like a purple dream, Diana? It makes me
so glad to be alive. In the mornings I always think the mornings
are best; but when evening comes I think it's lovelier still."
"It's a very fine evening," said Diana, "but oh, I have such
news, Anne. Guess. You can have three guesses."
"Charlotte Gillis is going to be married in the church after all
and Mrs. Allan wants us to decorate it," cried Anne.
"No. Charlotte's beau won't agree to that, because nobody ever
has been married in the church yet, and he thinks it would seem
too much like a funeral. It's too mean, because it would be such fun.
Anne of Green Gables |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard: conceived the greatest dislike, which I may add has never
entirely left me, of any form of meat, also of alcohol. All I
seemed to want was this water with fruit, or such native
vegetables as there were. Bickley disapproved and made me eat
fish occasionally, but even this revolted me, and since I gained
steadily in weight, as we found out by a simple contrivance, and
remained healthy in every other way, soon he allowed me to choose
my own diet.
About this time Oro began to pay me frequent visits. He always
came at night, and what is more I knew when he was coming,
although he never gave me warning. Here I should explain that
When the World Shook |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: of Elwell's death. And then people are talking of it now; the
whole matter's been raked up again. And I thought, if you didn't
know, you ought to."
She remained silent, and he continued: "You see, it's only come
out lately what a bad state Elwell's affairs were in. His wife's
a proud woman, and she fought on as long as she could, going out
to work, and taking sewing at home, when she got too sick--
something with the heart, I believe. But she had his bedridden
mother to look after, and the children, and she broke down under
it, and finally had to ask for help. That attracted attention to
the case, and the papers took it up, and a subscription was
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