Dear to us are those who love us. . . but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for read more

Dear to us are those who love us. . . but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they build a heaven before us whereof we had not dreamed, and thereby supply to us new powers out of the recesses of the spirit . . .

It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die.

It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die.

Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection

Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection

The only cure for grief is action.

The only cure for grief is action.

You've got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection.

You've got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection.

In private grief with careless scorn. In public seem to triumph and not to mourn.

In private grief with careless scorn. In public seem to triumph and not to mourn.

I think all great innovations are built on rejections.

I think all great innovations are built on rejections.

I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of love.

I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of love.

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.