#narcissist

Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#co-dependence #divorce #idealism #idealists #marriage

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time. ↗

— Andrew Sarris

#compassion #i #long #long time #lot

I love Twitter! At first I made fun of it, because it is very narcissistic, and there's already so much narcissism flowing in this industry, I was like, 'Really, one more?' So I was against it at first. But I really love the idea of the direct connection - there's no middle man muddling it up. ↗

— Kelly Clarkson

#already #because #connection #direct #direct connection

In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is God's gift to the collective. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#culture #gift #god #individualistic #narcissist

I'd done three solo albums in a row, and that's quite narcissistic. ↗

— Bjork

#done #i #narcissistic #quite #row

Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#liars #manipulation #men-and-women #narcissism #narcissists

Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act with the same motivation. ↗

— Warren Beatty

#aging #allows #being #case #children

As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#chest #days #format #get #goes

What are you talking about?" Narcissus demanded. "I am amazing. Everyone knows this." "Amazing at pure suck," Leo said. "If I was as suck as you, I'd drown myself. Oh wait, you already did that. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#narcissistic #narcissus #suck #humor

Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#kinder #life #narcissist #nobody #own