On being rebuffed

“Every soft feeling for another has, thus far, become a bruise.”

Donn Ingle

"Love unrequited, robs me of me rest,
Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers,
Love, nightmare-like, lies heavy on me chest,
And weaves itself into my midnight slumbers."

This is the beginning of The Lord Chancellor's Nightmare song from Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe.

“Rejection is God’s protection.”

[widely quoted on the web.]

"God keeps us safely within His will."