Quote by T.L. Haddix

“The worst things were cowardly acts of betrayal. Betraying a friend and in the process betraying yourself. He knew all about that.”

— Elizabeth Hay

“He had to learn that those who treated him in a hostile way did so out of weakness. He saw the hostility and reacted…

— Ken Follett

“so willing to engage in whatever it took to secure what he felt he deserved.”

— Kate Danley

“In the midst of wanting to be powerful, I found a weakness.”

— Jonnalyn Cabigting

“He felt at once betrayed and betrayer, deceived and deceiver. He was a criminal forced into crime, an unwilling whore.”

— Peter Benchley

“And to be like me, he had to be sour, bitter, hating everyone, and suspicious of their hidden motives.”

— V.C. Andrews

She frowned at him. "That sounds vaguely like a threat." "It's not vague and it's not a threat. It's clearly blackmail.

— Anonymous

“He found he had a distaste for being threatened. Broken, without much to live for, still he discovered within himself a reluctance to be…

— Mitchell Hogan

“And yet I wasn't sure what his weakness was. We all do that as we get to know someone. Like a tabloid editor, we…

— Wayne Elise

“He hated dishonesty-- or lack of courage-- more than anything.”

— Elizabeth Strout

“...now that I had finally confronted him, he had lost his power over me.”

— Peg Kehret

“First, humiliation, then humility, he would have said. And then comes humanity as a matter of course.”

— Philip José Farmer