| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela: "It does you no good to go to pieces when you're
angry," a man affirmed earnestly from below a hat that
covered his head as a roof does a house. "When I was
up at Torreon I killed an old lady who refused to sell
me some enchiladas. She was angry, I can tell you; I
got no enchiladas but I felt satisfied anyhow!"
"I killed a storekeeper at Parral because he gave me
some change and there were two Huerta bills in it," said
a man with a star on his hat and precious stones on his
black, calloused hands.
"Down in Chihuahua I killed a man because I always
The Underdogs |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll: of poetry that day.
`It's long,' said the Knight, `but very, VERY beautiful.
Everybody that hears me sing it--either it brings the TEARS
into their eyes, or else--'
`Or else what?' said Alice, for the Knight had made a sudden
pause.
`Or else it doesn't, you know. The name of the song is called
"HADDOCKS' EYES."'
`Oh, that's the name of the song, is it?' Alice said, trying to
feel interested.
`No, you don't understand,' the Knight said, looking a little
Through the Looking-Glass |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: I know that minutes, even seconds of delay, might mean hours of danger
to Lucy, if she had had again one of those frightful relapses,
and I went round the house to try if I could find by chance
an entry anywhere.
I could find no means of ingress. Every window and door was
fastened and locked, and I returned baffled to the porch.
As I did so, I heard the rapid pit-pat of a swiftly driven horse's feet.
They stopped at the gate, and a few seconds later I met Van
Helsing running up the avenue. When he saw me, he gasped out,
"Then it was you, and just arrived. How is she? Are we too late?
Did you not get my telegram?"
Dracula |
