We have read your manuscript with boundless delight, and if we were to publish your paper, it would be impossible for us to publish any work of a lower standard. And, as it is unthinkable that in the next thousand years we shall see its equal, we are, to our regret, compelled to return your divine composition and beg you a thousand times to overlook our short sight and timidity.
-Rejection letter, quoted in Brian Doyle's marvelous essay, "No"
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So I was just casting around for something or other to post on my blog, and thought of this marvelous essay I vaguely remember reading quite a while ago - something about rejection letters? I googled, found it - ta dah!, re-read the whole thing, chuckled, linked, and tagged...and then wondered, hey, when have I used this tag ("No") before? Turns out I quoted the exact same essay in 2008...
Oh well. It IS a delightful read.
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