Moves
Rejects
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When the storybook appears, he rejects it as too cliched and moves on.
Source: Storybook Opening - Then Mark starts making moves on Leslie, which she rejects because she doesn't want it to "be like this" (note that years prior, Leslie and Mark had a fling which the former had been hung up on for a while whereas the latter forgot all about it).
Source: Above the Influence -
The Sorrows of Satan (1895) by Marie Corelli centers on the premise that Satan actually wants people to resist his temptations, because every human being who rejects him moves him that much closer to being allowed back into Heaven.
Source: Satan
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