| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: beset with a thousand fears. The very consciousness that I must be quiet
made it almost impossible. Then I became aware that my one position cramped
my arm and side. A million prickling needles were at my elbow. A band as of
steel tightened about my breast. I grew hot and cold, and trembled. I knew
the slightest move would be fatal, so I bent all my mind to lying quiet as
a stone.
Greaser came limping back into the cabin, and found a seat without any one
speaking. It was so still that I heard the silken rustle of paper as he
rolled a cigarette. Moments that seemed long as years passed, with my
muscles clamped as in a vise. If only I had lain down upon my back! But
there I was, half raised on my elbow, in a most awkward and uncomfortable
The Young Forester |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Confessio Amantis by John Gower: And sche began to thenke tho,
Thogh sche be mouthe nothing preide,
Withinne hir herte thus sche seide: 5740
"O thou, almyhty Jupiter,
That hihe sist and lokest fer,
Thou soffrest many a wrong doinge,
And yit it is noght thi willinge.
To thee ther mai nothing ben hid,
Thou wost hou it is me betid:
I wolde I hadde noght be bore,
For thanne I hadde noght forlore
Confessio Amantis |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honore de Balzac: carriage.
"Keep the secret," he said.
"Ah!" said Xandrot to himself, "he is coming to. I thought him lost."
From thence they went, at Cesar's request, to a judge of the
commercial courts. The conference between Crottat and the magistrate
lasted long, and the president of the chamber of notaries was
summoned. Cesar was carried about from place to place, like a bale of
goods; he never moved, and said nothing. Towards seven in the evening
Alexandre Crottat took him home. The thought of appearing before
Constance braced his nerves. The young notary had the charity to go
before, and warn Madame Birotteau that her husband had had a rush of
Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau |
