Absolute Quote by Koren Zailckas

If mothers are our first teachers, then having a narcissistic one teaches us that human closeness is terrifying, and the world is a heartless,…

— Koren Zailckas

My mother was a terrible narcissist and I could well have turned out like her.

— Lady Colin Campbell

“Begin to assess your own parenting. Acknowledging the painful reality that it is impossible to be a child of a narcissist and not be…

— Karyl McBride

My mother became a big problem... She was a complete narcissist. When I broke free her narcissisticness came out and it was tough to…

— Lady Colin Campbell

Every child has a legitimate narcissistic need to be noticed, understood, taken seriously, and respected by his mother. In the first weeks and months…

— Alice Miller

Now, I come from a long line of narcissists. And I also have no kids - by choice - but I understand not being…

— Alice Ripley

There's a definition of narcissism that when a parent is narcissistic, instead of the child seeing himself reflected in the mother's face and the…

— Susan Sullivan

I don't know if my mother was a narcissist - or bi-polar or borderline. Those were words she tossed around over the years.

— Ariel Gore

There is no cure for narcissistic personality disorder. If you have a relationship with someone who has it, there will be a certain level…

— Lady Colin Campbell

“But as history and experience demonstrate, power-hungry narcissistic psychopaths do not look different from normal people; and if they stand out, it is often…

— Bandy X. Lee

My mom is an excellent mom. She knows I am irascible, prickly, and antisocial. She knows that most human interaction makes me tired and…

— Mary H.K. Choi

I'm not a narcissist, but I definitely have gotten enough explosive narcissistic shrapnel from my father. I'm sort of wired that way, but I…

— Marc Maron