| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: door.
He helped her down and led her inside, where again he struck a
match. Madeline caught a glimpse of a rude fireplace and
rough-hewn logs. Stewart's blanket and saddle lay on the
hard-packed earthen floor.
"Rest a little," he said. "I'm going into the woods a piece to
listen. Gone only a minute or so."
Madeline had to feel round in the dark to locate the saddle and
blanket. When she lay down it was with a grateful sense of ease
and relief. As her body rested, however, her mind became the old
thronging maze for sensation and thought. All day she had
The Light of Western Stars |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling: For a berth off the Paternosters in the haven where I would be?
~I~ believe in the Resurrection, if I read my Bible plain,
But I wouldn't trust 'em at Wokin'; we're safer at sea again.
For the heart it shall go with the treasure -- go down to the sea in ships.
I'm sick of the hired women -- I'll kiss my girl on her lips!
I'll be content with my fountain, I'll drink from my own well,
And the wife of my youth shall charm me -- an' the rest can go to Hell!
(Dickie, ~he~ will, that's certain.) I'll lie in our standin'-bed,
An' Mac'll take her in ballast -- an' she trims best by the head. . . .
Down by the head an' sinkin', her fires are drawn and cold,
And the water's splashin' hollow on the skin of the empty hold --
Verses 1889-1896 |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Falk by Joseph Conrad: every effort his eyes seemed to start further out of
their sockets; his head looked like a mop. He
choked, gasped, swallowed, and managed to shriek
out the one word, "Beast!"
From that moment till Falk went out of the cab-
in the girl, with her hands folded on the work lying
in her lap, never took her eyes off him. His own,
in the blindness of his heart, darted all over the
cabin, only seeking to avoid the sight of Hermann's
raving. It was ridiculous, and was made almost
terrible by the stillness of every other person pres-
Falk |
