| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry: all who give gifts these two were the wisest. O all who give
and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they
are wisest. They are the magi.
End of this Project Gutenberg Etext of THE GIFT OF THE MAGI.
The Gift of the Magi |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: prop the portal open.
Suddenly their desperation was magnified
a thousand fold by a sound on the steps below them. It was only
the thumping and rattling of the slain ghast's hooved body as
it rolled down to lower levels; but of all the possible causes
of that body's dislodgement and rolling, none was in the least
reassuring. Therefore, knowing the ways of Gugs, the ghouls set
to with something of a frenzy; and in a surprisingly short time
had the door so high that they were able to hold it still whilst
Carter turned the slab and left a generous opening. They now helped
Carter through, letting him climb up to their rubbery shoulders
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne: engineer, "and the castaway alone can have written it."
"Always supposing," observed Gideon Spilett, "that it had not been
written by a companion of this man, since dead."
"That is impossible, my dear Spilett."
"Why so?" asked the reporter.
"Because the document would then have spoken of two castaways," replied
Harding, "and it mentioned only one."
Herbert then in a few words related the incidents of the voyage, and
dwelt on the curious fact of the sort of passing gleam in the prisoner's
mind, when for an instant in the height of the storm he had become a
sailor.
The Mysterious Island |
