#narcissism

It would have been convenient to be gay. Just because of the grooming, the narcissism, stuff like that. But I have this kind of roaring heterosexuality. Traditional, uncomplicated heterosexuality, an almost cliched Robin Askwith thing. ↗

— Russell Brand

#because #been #cliched #convenient #gay

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#humble #love #loves #narcissism #part

I wonder if the course of narcissism through the ages would have been any different had Narcissus first peered into a cesspool. He probably did. ↗

— Frank O'Hara

#age

Even though friends say they are interested in your life, they never really want to talk about you as much as you want them to. (68) ↗

— Charise Mericle Harper

#friendship #life #narcissism #sharing #talking

Kill me if I ever look that Bad" . . . "Dude, what are you saying? . . . On the TV? That is you, dude. From like five years ago. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#narcissism #humor

Hate is the complement of fear and narcissists like being feared. It imbues them with an intoxicating sensation of omnipotence. ↗

— Sam Vaknin

#narcissists #love

Love without sacrifice is like theft ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#love #manipulation #marriage #marriage-advice #narcissism

If you're a nobody, just imagine a lot of celebrities are in love with you. Narcissism is the best cure for attention deficit disorder. ↗

— Bauvard

#erotomania #funny #love #narcissism #funny

As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#america #ancestors #been #beloved #echo

I don't care what you think unless it is about me. ↗

— Kurt Cobain

#narcissism #opinion #opinions