| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Street of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart: rested a hand on his shoulder. Peter drew away from it.
"I have hurt you in some way?"
"Of course not."
"Could--could you talk about whatever it is? That helps
sometimes."
"You wouldn't understand."
"You haven't quarreled with Anna?" Harmony asked, real concern in
her voice.
"No. Good Lord, Harmony, don't ask me what's wrong! I don't know
myself."
He got up almost violently and set the little chair back against
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Hidden Masterpiece by Honore de Balzac: "But the saint is sublime, good sir!" cried the young man in a loud
voice, waking from a deep reverie. "These figures, the saint and the
boatman, have a subtile meaning which the Italian painters cannot
give. I do not know one of them who could have invented that
hesitation of the boatman."
"Does the young fellow belong to you?" asked Porbus of the old man.
"Alas, maitre, forgive my boldness," said the neophyte, blushing. "I
am all unknown; only a dauber by instinct. I have just come to Paris,
that fountain of art and science."
"Let us see what you can do," said Porbus, giving him a red crayon and
a piece of paper.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: from the direction of the mountains. Oceaxe knelt down on the bank,
and peered into the depths. Presently her look became tense and
concentrated; she dipped her hand in and pulled out some sort of
little monster. It was more like a reptile than a fish, with its
scaly plates and teeth. She threw it on the ground, and it started
crawling about. Suddenly she darted all her will into her sorb. The
creature leaped into the air, and fell down dead.
She picked up a sharp - edged slate, and with it removed the scales
and entrails. During this operation, her hands and garment became
stained with the light scarlet blood.
"Find the drude, Maskull," she said, with a lazy smile. "You had it
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