| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon: barely hear the vile words he was dinning into her
ears.
"I know you just asked me, you nosing little devil,
and it's none of your business! She's a pal of mine,
if you want to know, the slickest thief that ever
robbed a flat. She's got more sense in a minute than
you'll ever have in a lifetime. She's going to live
here with me now. You can sleep on the cot in the
kitchen. And you come when she calls, if you know
what's good for your lazy hide. I've told her to
thrash the life out of you if you dare to give her any
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Charmides by Plato: True.
And is it not better to teach another quickly and energetically, rather
than quietly and slowly?
Yes.
And which is better, to call to mind, and to remember, quickly and readily,
or quietly and slowly?
The former.
And is not shrewdness a quickness or cleverness of the soul, and not a
quietness?
True.
And is it not best to understand what is said, whether at the writing-
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tess of the d'Urbervilles, A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy: down on the ground alongside, when he immediately fell
into the deep dead slumber of exhaustion, and remained
motionless as a log. The spurt of mental excitement
which had produced the effort was now over.
Tess sat up in the coffin. The night, though dry and
mild for the season, was more than sufficiently cold to
make it dangerous for him to remain here long, in his
half-clothed state. If he were left to himself he
would in all probability stay there till the morning,
and be chilled to certain death. She had heard of such
deaths after sleep-walking. But how could she dare to
Tess of the d'Urbervilles, A Pure Woman |
