| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: erent.
At the point where I landed the shore was quite
low. A forest of pale, scrubby ferns ran down almost to
the beach. Here I dragged up the dugout, hiding it well
within the vegetation, and with some loose rocks built a
cairn upon the beach to mark my cache. Then I turned
my steps toward the Thurian village.
As I proceeded I began to speculate upon the possible
actions of Raja when we should enter the presence of
other men than myself. The brute was padding softly at
my side, his sensitive nose constantly atwitch and his
Pellucidar |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: long as I live the night they shot Rosy Rosenthal there. It was six of us
at the table, and Rosy had eat and drunk a lot all evening. When it was
almost morning the waiter came up to him with a funny look and says
somebody wants to speak to him outside. 'all right,' says Rosy, and begins
to get up, and I pulled him down in his chair.
"'Let the bastards come in here if they want you, Rosy, but don't you,
so help me, move outside this room.'
"It was four o'clock in the morning then, and if we'd of raised the blinds
we'd of seen daylight."
"Did he go?" I asked innocently.
"Sure he went." Mr. Wolfshiem's nose flashed at me indignantly. "He
The Great Gatsby |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey: silent, choked as I was, but from a different cause.
Cless crossed the plate with the score that
defeated New York; still the tension never laxed
until Burt beat the ball home in as beautiful a run
as ever thrilled an audience.
In the bleak dead pause of amazed disappointment
Old Well-Well lifted his hulking figure and
loomed, towered over the bleachers. His wide
shoulders spread, his broad chest expanded, his
breath whistled as he drew it in. One fleeting
instant his transfigured face shone with a glorious
The Redheaded Outfield |
