| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs: commanding officer.
I could not help but notice that his eyes were much upon
Victory, and I did not like it, for I knew the type of man
he was. But as it would not be necessary ever to leave the
girl alone with him I felt no apprehension for her safety.
After the incident of the discussion of barbarians I thought
that Victory's manner toward me changed perceptibly. She
held aloof from me, and when Snider took his turn at the
wheel, sat beside him, upon the pretext that she wished to
learn how to steer the launch. I wondered if she had
guessed the man's antipathy for me, and was seeking his
Lost Continent |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rivers to the Sea by Sara Teasdale: Happy again when it has left them rest.
Others shall say, "Grave Dica wrought her death.
She would not lift her lips to take a kiss,
Or ever lift her eyes to take a smile.
She was a pool the winter paves with ice
That the wild hunter in the hills must leave
With thirst unslaked in the brief southward sun."
RIVERS TO THE SEA
Ah Dica, it is not for thee I go;
And not for Phaon, tho' his ship lifts sail
Here in the windless harbor for the south.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: Jack entered the ruined shed which covered the opening of the shaft.
He gazed down into the dark abyss--nothing was to be seen.
He listened--nothing was to be heard.
"And my lamp!" he exclaimed; "suppose it isn't in its place!"
The lamp which Ryan used when he visited the pit was usually
deposited in a corner, near the landing of the topmost ladder.
It had disappeared.
"Here is a nuisance!" said Jack, beginning to feel rather
uneasy. Then, without hesitating, superstitious though he was,
"I will go," said he, "though it's as dark down there as in the lowest
depths of the infernal regions!"
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