| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Can you navigate her?" asked Carthoris of Thuvia.
The girl nodded.
"I am going to try to take the survivors aboard," he continued.
"It will need both Kar Komak and myself to man the guns while
the Kaolians take to the boarding tackle. Keep her bow
depressed against the rifle fire. She can bear it better
in her forward armour, and at the same time the propellers
will be protected."
He hurried to the cabin as Thuvia took the control.
A moment later the boarding tackle dropped from the keel
of the Thuria, and from a dozen points along either side
Thuvia, Maid of Mars |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: 'No, I won't. Goodnight!'
The car rose slowly on to the highroad, then slid swiftly away, leaving
the night silent.
Connie timidly took his arm, and they went down the lane. He did not
speak. At length she drew him to a standstill.
'Kiss me!' she murmured.
'Nay, wait a bit! Let me simmer down,' he said.
That amused her. She still kept hold of his arm, and they went quickly
down the lane, in silence. She was so glad to be with him, just now.
She shivered, knowing that Hilda might have snatched her away. He was
inscrutably silent.
Lady Chatterley's Lover |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft: tell him he might make a copy of what parts he needed, thought
suddenly of the possible consequences and checked himself. There
was too much responsibility in giving such a being the key to
such blasphemous outer spheres. Whateley saw how things stood,
and tried to answer lightly.
'Wal, all right, ef ye feel that
way abaout it. Maybe Harvard won't be so fussy as yew be.' And
without saying more he rose and strode out of the building, stooping
at each doorway.
Armitage heard the savage yelping of the great
watchdog, and studied Whateley's gorilla-like lope as he crossed
The Dunwich Horror |
