Sunday, April 29, 2007

on rejection.

So I'm listening to angry girl power songs and thinking about what the worst way to get rejected would be. I've decided on Abigail Williams' rejection(from Arthur Miller's The Crucible).

Abigail: And you must. You are no wintry man. I know you, John. I know you. I cannot sleep for dreamin'; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you comin' through some door.

Proctor: Child-

Abigail: How do you call me child!

Proctor: Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I'll ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched, Abby.

Abigail: Aye, but we did.

Proctor: Aye, but we did not.


I have yet to be blatantly and flatly rejected.

I've been subtly rejected.

I'm not sure which one I really prefer.