The ability to imagine oneself in another's place and understand the other's feelings, desires, ideas, and actions. The most obvious example, perhaps,… — Sam Vaknin Copy Share Image
“Groupies and hangers-on somehow fancy themselves entitled to the narcissist’s favour and largesse, his time, attention, and other resources. They convince themselves that they… — Sam Vaknin Copy Share Image
The ability to imagine oneself in another's place and understand the other's feelings, desires, ideas, and actions. The most obvious example, perhaps, is that… — Sam Vaknin Copy Share Image
The narcissist devours people, consumes their output, and casts the empty, writhing shells aside. — Sam Vaknin Copy Share Image
“Romantic jealousy is a narcissistic defence. It reflects the narcissistic traits and behaviours of possessiveness;” — Sam Vaknin Copy Share Image
“Go ahead. Tell our friends about it. See if they can imagine what it's like, let alone believe it. The more outrageous the things… — Sam Vaknin Copy Share Image
Hate is the complement of fear and narcissists like being feared. It imbues them with an intoxicating sensation of omnipotence. — Sam Vaknin Copy Share Image
“narcissist hates you wholeheartedly and thoroughly simply because you are.” — Sam Vaknin Copy Share Image
The vast majority of psychopaths, like an iceberg, are underwater, and like an iceberg, they are inert. They do nothing. They're just there. They… — Sam Vaknin Copy Share Image
“To rank economic activities as more or less preferable is ideology, not science: a judgment that is driven by values and predilections, not by… — Sam Vaknin Copy Share Image
The sadistic narcissist perceives himself as Godlike, ruthless and devoid of scruples, capricious and unfathomable, emotion-less and non-sexual, omniscient, omnipotent and omni-present, a plague,… — Sam Vaknin Copy Share Image
