Quote by Augusten Burroughs

“He was liked when noticed, but not noticed much, and that did him no harm either.”

— Philip Pullman

“He had always disliked what he could easily have; he had a passion for the untouched.”

— Rumer Godden

“You see we had on the whole liked him well enough. And liking is not sufficient to keep going the interest one takes in…

— Joseph Conrad

“He hated it as if he were about to love it—unforgivingly, irrationally, sadly.”

— Mark Helprin

“I liked some things and hated some things. And there were some things I didn’t know I had until I lost them.”

— Veronica Roth

“He shrugged. “You’re not going to like it, I’m afraid.” “Well . . . to be honest, I don’t like anything.”

— G.A. Aiken

“Though I no longer liked him or respected him, the thought of his disapproval frightened me.”

— Walter Kirn

“For one, he was worried he’d get killed, which was something he generally tried to avoid.”

— Michael Buckley

“I wanted to like him, and yet, a small part of me needed to fear him.”

— Laura Burks

“He wanted me more than he'd ever wanted anything in his life, but something was holding him back. Something that frightened him.”

— Denise Grover Swank

“I wanted to like people. It worried me that I didn’t.”

— Natalie Standiford

“He was suspicious, distrustful and greedy, as only a brother could be.”

— Peter James West