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Quotes About Rejection

I had never seen a woman in such despair before. It was worse than death, it was a constant longing for death and a constant rejection of life. She lived like darkness in her own day.
~ Philippa Gregory
No," I said. "I don't think I'll ever have a fancy for a man." "Hard luck on the man who loves you," Will offered neutrally. "Very," I said. I shot a sideways look at him. "A disaster for the man who loves me," I repeated. "If he married me he would find me always cold. If he did not, he could waste his life in loving me and I would never return it.
~ Philippa Gregory
My mother does not need your good opinion," Anthony says icily. "None of us care what you think.
~ Philippa Gregory
Writers pay a lot of attention to wordage, because some publishers seem to care more about length than about quality and will automatically reject novels that don't fit their narrow standards of length - or will chop out extra wordage to make a novel fit.
~ Piers Anthony
How do you like me now?" she inquired archly. He was cautious. "I thought you didn't really care for me. Why are you making yourself so lovely?" She grimaced prettily. "I told you my deepest sins, and you didn't reject me. That's worth something.
~ Piers Anthony
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
~ Plato
No one is more hated than he who speaks the true.
~ Plato
No-one is more hated, than he who speaks the truth. - (Plato)
~ Plato
I think part of her feared that if Mother could leave her that way, she must be unlovable. And of course, she wasn't.
~ Polly Horvath
when the world denies us over and over, when it punishes us as it's punished you, Serwë, it becomes difficult to understand the meaning. All our pleas go unanswered. Our every trust is betrayed. Our hopes are all crushed. It seems we mean nothing to the world. And when we think we mean nothing, we begin to think we are nothing.
~ R. Scott Bakker
A sorcerer and a whore. Perhaps a certain desperation was to be expected of such unions, as though that strange word, "love," became profound in proportion to the degree one was scorned by others.
~ R. Scott Bakker
People do not avoid the Bible because it is difficult to understand as much as because what they understand condemns their conscience and throws light on dark corners in their lives which they prefer to keep dark.
~ R.J. Rushdoony
Would you love me if you knew I suck down liver blood in the supermarket?
~ R.L. Stine
Myrnin: Have we been introduced? Frank: Probably not. Why, you asking me out, sweetheart? Myrnin: You're not my type, darling.
~ Rachel Caine
You are not my high school crush, idiot." "Great. I can die happy, then.
~ Rachel Caine
Shane held the jewelry at arm's length, dangling it like a dead rat. No way in hell am I caught dead or alive wearing that.
~ Rachel Caine
I'd say over my dead body, but I think you already made that point," Michael snapped. "Thanks for the visit. Now fuck off, man.
~ Rachel Caine
Maybe you're not his type. Michael said Oh, now you're just being insulting.
~ Rachel Caine
shane:is your distant cousin jack the ripper dropping in for coffee. eve:screw you collins
~ Rachel Caine
Monica looked even more confused. Nobody ever turned down being part of the queenbee's inner circle. After that second of vulnerability, though, her face hardened. Don't diss me,Danvers. I'm warning you. I'm not dissing you. Claire sighed. I'm ignoring you. There's a difference. Dissing you implies I think you're actually important.
~ Rachel Caine
Shane's dad said, I should have left you in the damn cage to fry, you ungrateful little bastard. You're no son of mine. Hallelujah, Shane said softly. Free at last.
~ Rachel Caine
Doorman: Good morning Mr. Peaknis Mr. P.: Go to hell
~ Rachel Caine
Never too late or too early for pancakes. If you don't believe that, you can turn around and go, because we are never going to be friends.
~ Rachel Caine
It's not the loving that hurts this girl; it's the understanding of it for what it is, that it will never be returned in the same way, that threatens to destroy her. But to unload the words - I love you - on an innocent party who didn't ask for it, to reach across the dark space and touch him - it's like the world she knows could end if she dared speak these words, dared make such a move.
~ Rachel Cohn