I detest self-regard. If my work has taught me anything, it is that self-aggrandisement is completely unhistorical.
Peter Ackroyd
I am reconciled to my death, but I detest the mode.
John Andre
I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics.
Ken Livingstone
Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most.
J. K. Rowling
I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.
Lord Byron