| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: closely watched, the the vigilance relaxed, and finally ceased.
This last circumstance was owing, no doubt, to a ferment of excitement that
had suddenly possessed the Delawares. Council after council was held in the
big lodge. The encampment was visited by runner after runner. Some important
crisis was pending.
Joe could not learn what it all meant, and the fact that Whispering Winds
suddenly lost her gladsome spirit and became sad caused him further anxiety.
When he asked her the reason for her unhappiness, she was silent. Moreover,
he was surprised to learn, when he questioned her upon the subject of their
fleeing together, that she was eager to go immediately. While all this
mystery puzzled Joe, it did not make any difference to him or in his plans. It
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: everywhere, and the rooms were musty, as though they hadn't been aired for
many days. I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table, with two stale, dry
cigarettes inside. Throwing open the French windows of the
drawing-room, we sat smoking out into the darkness.
"You ought to go away," I said. "It's pretty certain they'll trace
your car."
"Go away NOW, old sport?"
"Go to Atlantic City for a week, or up to Montreal."
He wouldn't consider it. He couldn't possibly leave Daisy until he knew
what she was going to do. He was clutching at some last hope and I
couldn't bear to shake him free.
The Great Gatsby |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Collection of Antiquities by Honore de Balzac: the workhouse."
"How do you know this when I do not?" d'Esgrignon artlessly returned.
"You are sure to be the last to know it, just as she is sure to be the
last to hear that you are in debt."
"I thought she had a hundred thousand livres a year," said
d'Esgrignon.
"Her husband," replied de Marsay, "lives apart from her. He stays with
his regiment and practises economy, for he has one or two little debts
of his own as well, has our dear Duke. Where do you come from? Just
learn to do as we do and keep our friends' accounts for them. Mlle.
Diane (I fell in love with her for the name's sake), Mlle. Diane
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