25 Narcissism Quotes for Dealing with Narcissistic People

Liputan6.com, Jakarta Narcissism is when someone is overly focused on themselves, thinking they are better than others. People with narcissism might talk a lot about how great they are and need lots of attention. They might not care much about other people's feelings or needs. It's like they're in love with themselves.

If you want to know more about this, reading narcissism quotes can help. Narcissism quotes will help us see how it affects people and those around them. Lucky for you, this article offers some narcissism quotes that show what narcissism looks like. Check it out!

1. "A narcissist will say 'get over it,' because your feelings are trivial to them. If it's not about them, they're not interested." — Unknown

2. "Narcissism is voluntary blindness, an agreement not to look beneath the surface." — Sam Keen

3. "Narcissists would rather lie and humiliate you than to admit that they were in the wrong." — Mitta Xinindlu

4. "Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his. If it were his beauty that enthralled him, he would be set free in a few years by its fading." — W.H. Auden

5. "A narcissist paints a picture of themselves as being the victim or innocent in all aspects. They will be offended by the truth. But what is done in the dark will come to light. Time has a way of showing people's true colors." — Karla Grimes

6. "Realize that narcissists have an addiction disorder. They are strongly addicted to feeling significant. Like any addict, they will do whatever it takes to get this feeling often. That is why they are manipulative and future fakers. They promise change, but can't deliver if it interferes with their addiction. That is why they secure backup supply." — Shannon L. Alder

7. "How starved you must have been that my heart became a meal for your ego." — Amanda Torroni

8. "A narcissist doesn't break your heart, they break your spirit. That's why it takes so long to heal." — Unknown

9. "Some relationships are like broken glass. It's better to leave them alone than hurt yourself trying to put them back together." — Unknown

10. "But that's the thing about narcissists. They can try to fool you, with all their heart, but in the end, they're just fooling themselves." — Ellie Fox

11. "A man who loves others based solely on how they make him feel, or what they do for him, is really not loving others at all — but loving only himself." — Criss Jami

12. "It's so nice when toxic people stop talking to you. It's like the trash took itself out." — Karen Salmansohn

13. "If you hold on to hurt and anger with a narcissist, the children will have no normal parent. The narcissistic parent will use them as puppets, lovebomb, and abandon them. You are their only hope." — Tracy Malone

14. "Narcissus weeps to find that his image does not return his love." — Mason Cooley

15. "Where there is much pride or much vanity, there will also be much revengefulness." — Arthur Schopenhauer

16. "Intuition — once you have had a narcissist in your life, you must develop your intuition and learn to listen to it and act accordingly." — Tracy Malone

17. “You cannot fix a narcissist. You can only choose to stop participating in their story.” - Jackson MacKenzie

18. "Love doesn't die a natural death. Love has to be killed, either by neglect or narcissism." — Frank Salvato

19. "Maybe, the lesson we can all learn from the inner sadness of a narcissist is to see through our own fabrications, our own illusions, so that we can be set free to be real once more." — Shannon L. Alder

20. "They gaslight you to the point where you question your own reality." - Shahida Arabi

21. "Children of narcissists learn that love is abuse. The narcissist teaches them that if someone displeases you, it is okay to harm them and call it love." — M. Wakefield

22. "Relationship with a narcissist in a nutshell: You will go from being the perfect love of their life to nothing you do is ever good enough. You will give everything and they will take it all and give you less and less in return. You will end up depleted, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and probably financially, and then get blamed for it." — Bree Bonchay

23. "You don't attract narcissists because something is wrong with you. You attract narcissists because so much is right with you." — Unknown

24. "You can't change a narcissist. The more you try, the more you lose yourself." - Dana Arcuri

25. "The hallmark of a narcissist is that they never apologize. They see themselves as flawless." - Melanie Tonia Evans