| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from One Basket by Edna Ferber: decent girl like that. If you were down here I'd slap the face
of you. You know you're safe up there."
The words were scarcely out of her mouth before Chet Ball's
sturdy legs were twinkling down the pole. His spurred heels dug
into the soft pine of the pole with little ripe, tearing sounds.
He walked up to Stasia and stood squarely in front of her, six
feet of brawn and brazen nerve. One ruddy cheek he presented to
her astonished gaze. "Hello, sweetheart," he said. And
waited. The Rourke girl hesitated just a second. All the Irish
heart in her was melting at the boyish impudence of the man
before her. Then she lifted one hand and slapped his smooth
One Basket |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas: to his pocket ----
"Thank you, sir," replied Raoul, blushing; "thank you a
thousand times."
At this moment Olivain appeared. "Apropos," said D'Artagnan,
loud enough for the servant to hear him, "are you satisfied
with Olivain?"
"Yes, in some respects, tolerably well."
Olivain pretended to have heard nothing and entered the
tent.
"What fault do you find with the fellow?"
"He is a glutton."
Twenty Years After |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Prufrock/Other Observations by T. S. Eliot: An aimless smile that hovers in the air
And vanishes along the level of the roofs.
The Boston Evening Transcript
The readers of the Boston Evening Transcript
Sway in the blind like a field of ripe corn.
When evening quickens faintly in the street,
Wakening the appetites of life in some
And to others bringing the Boston Evening Transcript,
I mount the steps and ring the bell, turning
Wearily, as one would turn to nod good-bye to Rochefoucauld
If the street were time and he at the end of the street,
Prufrock/Other Observations |
