Better be courted and jilted Than never be courted at all.

Never wedding, ever wooing, Still a lovelorn heart pursuing, Read you not the wrong you're doing In my cheek's pale hue? All my life…

— Thomas Campbell

When I got fired, I had a feeling of loss because Viacom had been a passionate long-term relationship. But I got my balance back.…

— Tom Freston

“The romantic part of the jilted lover is played to better effect when one’s shirt is not hanging out of one’s breeches.”

— Christina Boyd

I did keep a travel diary once and it was a big mistake. All I remember of that trip is what I bothered to…

— Alex Garland

Popular glory is a perfect coquette; her lovers must toil, feel every inquietude, indulge every caprice, and perhaps at last be jilted into the…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Heiresses are never jilted.

— George Meredith

“Back then I recall yelling ugly things like, “Don’t do it”! at the happy couple. Yes, that was me. Obnoxious jilted girl, party of…

— Paula Heller Garland

“I heard you were a 'love em and leave em' kind of guy but I didn't want to believe it! Intil I experienced it…

— Tamsyn Bester

To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend…

— Moliere

“While you were busy trying to prove God stands behind you, God was before me lighting the trail, so he could lead us both.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“you are a ring tone on the phone I didn’t answer”

— john j geddes

Like jilted and disappointed lovers, some of my students just want to be left alone.

— Kirsten Olson

“What could he be thinking of? He seemed to be trying to remember something, perhaps an engagement, perhaps an excuse to leave her. For…

— Brian Moore

I think being jilted is one of life's most painful experiences. It takes a long time to heal a broken heart. It's happened to…

— Frank Sinatra

Oh, lord. I was beginning to think like Neith. Soon I'd be huddled in an underground bunker eating army rations and cackling as I…

— Rick Riordan