| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence: "Infinitely."
"And you are satisfied?"
"So long as I can be free and independent."
"And you don't MISS anything in your life?"
asked Mrs. Leivers gently.
"I've put all that behind me."
Paul had been feeling uncomfortable during this discourse.
He got up.
"You'll find you're always tumbling over the things you've put
behind you," he said. Then he took his departure to the cowsheds.
He felt he had been witty, and his manly pride was high. He whistled
Sons and Lovers |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Voice of the City by O. Henry: "Betty!" exclaimed Vuyning, "what do you
mean?
"I'll go too," said Miss Allison, forcibly.
Vuyning filled her glass with Apollinaris.
"Here's to Rowdy the Dude!" he gave -- a toast
mysterious.
"Don't know him," said Miss Allison; "but if
he's your friend, Jimmy -- here goes!"
THE MEMENTO
Miss Lynnette D'Armande turned her
back on Broadway. This was but tit for tat, be-
The Voice of the City |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wife, et al by Anton Chekhov: rise to a pessimistic or fault-finding temper in a faint-hearted
and timid man. All these failings have a casual, transitory
character, and are completely dependent on conditions of life; in
some ten years they will have disappeared or given place to other
fresh defects, which are all inevitable and will in their turn
alarm the faint-hearted. The students' sins often vex me, but
that vexation is nothing in comparison with the joy I have been
experiencing now for the last thirty years when I talk to my
pupils, lecture to them, watch their relations, and compare them
with people not of their circle.
Mihail Fyodorovitch speaks evil of everything. Katya listens, and
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