Famous quotes containing the words call and/or rejection:
“... Call her NausicaƤ, the unafraid
Of an acquaintance made adventurously.
I let you way that on consideration.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“He began therefore to invest the fortress of my heart by a circumvallation of distant bows and respectful looks; he then entrenched his forces in the deep caution of never uttering an unguarded word or syllable. His designs being yet covered, he played off from several quarters a large battery of compliments. But here he found a repulse from the enemy by an absolute rejection of such fulsome praise, and this forced him back again close into his former trenches.”
—Sarah Fielding (17101768)
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