Loren Johnson

“If you're dealing with a person who rarely gives you a straight answer to a straight question, is always making excuses for doing hurtful things, tries to make you feel guilty, or uses any of the other tactics to throw you on the defensive and get their way, you can assume you're dealing with a person who — no matter what else he may be — is covertly aggressive.”
― George K. Simon Jr., In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People