| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The People That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the greatest man in California, be in love with a--a--the word
stuck in my throat; yet by my own American standards Ajor could
be nothing else; at home, for all her beauty, for all her
delicately tinted skin, little Ajor by her apparel, by the
habits and customs and manners of her people, by her life,
would have been classed a squaw. Tom Billings in love with
a squaw! I shuddered at the thought.
And then there came to my mind, in a sudden, brilliant flash
upon the screen of recollection the picture of Ajor as I had
last seen her, and I lived again the delicious moment in which
we had clung to one another, lips smothering lips, as I left
The People That Time Forgot |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: without a sense of decency. He bribes our servants. He comes
into our patio. Think of that! He makes the most ridiculous
excuses. He bothers mother to death. I feel like a poor little
rabbit holed by a hound. And I daren't peep out."
Somehow the thing struck Belding as funny, and he laughed. He
had not had a laugh for so long that it made him feel good. He
stopped only at sight of Nell's surprise and pain. Then he put
his arms round her.
"Never mind, dear. I'm an old bear. But it tickled me, I guess.
I sure hope Mr. Radford Chase has got it bad...Nell, it's only the
old story. The fellows fall in love with you. It's your good
Desert Gold |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln by Helen Nicolay: Mansion on the evening of March 8. A movement and rumor in the
crowd heralded his approach, and when at last the short, stocky,
determined soldier and the tall, care-worn, deep-eyed President
stood face to face the crowd, moved by a sudden impulse of
delicacy, drew back, and left them almost alone to exchange a few
words. Later, when Grant appeared in the great East Room, the
enthusiasm called forth by his presence could no longer be
restrained, and cheer after cheer went up, while his admirers
pressed about him so closely that, hot and blushing with
embarrassment, he was forced at last to mount a sofa, and from
there shake hands with the eager people who thronged up to him
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