| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Out of Time's Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs: presently he could have sworn that the thing moved. With eyes
straining through the gloom the man lay watching the grim and
sinister thing in the corner. Perhaps his overwrought nerves
were playing a sorry joke upon him. He thought of this and also
that his condition of utter helplessness might still further have
stimulated his imagination. He closed his eyes and sought to
relax his muscles and his nerves; but when he looked again, he
knew that he had not been mistaken--the thing had moved; now it
lay in a slightly altered form and farther from the wall. It was
nearer him.
With renewed strength Bradley strained at his bonds, his
Out of Time's Abyss |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Professor by Charlotte Bronte: to the merino gown of solemn black; ornament was forsworn.
Frances curtsied with sedate grace, looking, as she always did,
when one first accosted her, more a woman to respect than to
love; I introduced Mr. Hunsden, and she expressed her happiness
at making his acquaintance in French. The pure and polished
accent, the low yet sweet and rather full voice, produced their
effect immediately; Hunsden spoke French in reply; I had not
heard him speak that language before; he managed it very well. I
retired to the window-seat; Mr. Hunsden, at his hostess's
invitation, occupied a chair near the hearth; from my position I
could see them both, and the room too, at a glance. The room was
The Professor |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Herbert West: Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft: House; where West, though shaken by the death of his chief opponent,
chilled the rest of us with references to his notorious theories.
Most of the students went home, or to various duties, as the evening
advanced; but West persuaded me to aid him in "making a night
of it." West’s landlady saw us arrive at his room about two in
the morning, with a third man between us; and told her husband
that we had all evidently dined and wined rather well.
Apparently
this acidulous matron was right; for about 3 a.m. the whole house
was aroused by cries coming from West’s room, where when they
broke down the door, they found the two of us unconscious on the
Herbert West: Reanimator |
