#rejection

I asked her if she’d give me all her love, and she flatly said no. I got excited because while she said she wouldn’t give me all her love, she said nothing about not wanting to give me some of her love. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#love #refusal #rejection #love

I am crying over the loss of something I never had. How ridiculous. Mourning something that never was – my dashed hopes, dashed dreams, and my soured expectations. ↗

— E.L. James

#rejection #dreams

I am good at walking away. Rejection teaches you how to reject. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#rejection #teaching

Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar. ↗

— Red Red Rover

#dreams #editing #grammar #hopes #ideas

When good people consider you the bad guy, you develop a heart to help the bad ones. You actually understand them. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bad-people #compassion #compassionate #comprehend #comprehending

Usually pilot season is very busy, and there are lots of auditions and lots of near misses and rejections. This year, I had two auditions, landed this role and it felt like being home again. ↗

— Melinda Clarke

#auditions #being #busy #felt #had

In my early career I was like a goldfish. Rejection didn't affect me; I'd just forget how bad it was and keep going back for more. ↗

— Emily Watson

#back #bad #career #early #forget

Question for your life: Let’s say we’re making love on the moon, and my clone decides to show up. Would you tell either me or him to get lost? ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#love #moon #question #rejection #sex

By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#first #i #publications #rejection #rejection slips

Youth makes you brave, I suppose. When you're young, you make a fool of yourself all the time. Because of all the rejections and the criticism you get all the time, there has to be a drive there. ↗

— Shirley Henderson

#brave #criticism #drive #fool #get