| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells: breathing of a crowd of those dreadful little beings about me. I
felt the box of matches in my hand being gently disengaged, and
other hands behind me plucking at my clothing. The sense of
these unseen creatures examining me was indescribably unpleasant.
The sudden realization of my ignorance of their ways of thinking
and doing came home to me very vividly in the darkness. I shouted
at them as loudly as I could. They started away, and then I
could feel them approaching me again. They clutched at me more
boldly, whispering odd sounds to each other. I shivered
violently, and shouted again rather discordantly. This time they
were not so seriously alarmed, and they made a queer laughing
The Time Machine |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey: would never have discovered Surprise Valley. Little incidents of
chance like this had turned him here and there in Deception Pass;
and now they had assumed to him the significance and direction of
destiny.
His good fortune in the matter of game at hand brought to his
mind the necessity of keeping it in the valley. Therefore he took
the axe and cut bundles of aspens and willows, and packed them up
under the bridge to the narrow outlet of the gorge. Here he began
fashioning a fence, by driving aspens into the ground and lacing
them fast with willows. Trip after trip he made down for more
building material, and the afternoon had passed when he finished
Riders of the Purple Sage |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: 'Ah'll get it anyhow. We'd best 'ave two keys ter th' place.'
'And I consider you are insolent,' said Connie, with her colour up,
panting a little.
'Nay, nay!' he said quickly. 'Dunna yer say that! Nay, nay! I niver
meant nuthink. Ah on'y thought as if yo' come 'ere, Ah s'd ave ter
clear out, an' it'd mean a lot of work, settin' up somewheres else. But
if your Ladyship isn't going ter take no notice O' me, then...it's Sir
Clifford's 'ut, an' everythink is as your Ladyship likes, everythink is
as your Ladyship likes an' pleases, barrin' yer take no notice O' me,
doin' th' bits of jobs as Ah've got ter do.'
Connie went away completely bewildered. She was not sure whether she
Lady Chatterley's Lover |
