“Seven times have I despised my soul: The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.”
“I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise. ”
“I don't despise you for what you allowed to happen to me. I despise you because when I was released, you refused to be found and I needed you more than anything in my life. Not to mend my broken bones, Arjuro. I needed my brother to mend my broken spirit.”
“My whole life has conspired to bring me to this place, and I can’t despise my whole life.”
“My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally.”