{"quotes":[{"text":"Narcissism is as profitable to a model as scruffiness is to a homeless person.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["advertising","appearance","clothing","fashion","homelessness","image","model","modeling","modelling","models","narcissism","narcissists","personal-brand","personal-branding","pity","poverty","presentation"],"id":15100,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"There are only two kinds of people who can drain your energy: those you love, and those you fear. In both instances it is you who let them in. They did not force their way into your aura, or pry their way into your reality experience.","author":"Anthon St. Maarten","tags":["abusive-partners","aura","bad-friends","bad-relationships","blaming-others","create-reality","demanding-people","difficult-people","drain-energy","draining","empath","energy-field","energy-healing","energy-thieves","family-members","fear","love-hurts","narcissists","negative-nellies","negative-people","psychic-protection","psychic-vampires","reality-experience","self-awareness","self-pity","selfish-people","steal-energy","stealing-your-thunder","toxic-people","toxic-relationships"],"id":39601,"author_id":"Anthon+St.+Maarten"},{"text":"Writers are not narcissists. They simply acknowledge that what they find interesting is not unique to them.","author":"M Chapman","tags":["interesting","narcissists","unique","writers"],"id":48818,"author_id":"M+Chapman"},{"text":"In a world of selfie-addiction smile usually is the brand name for an essential drug called pretense.","author":"Munia Khan","tags":["addiction","brand","brand-name","drug","essential","false","narcissism","narcissists","pretence","pretense","self","selfie","selfie","selfies","smile","smiles"],"id":95023,"author_id":"Munia+Khan"},{"text":"The only crime is pride.","author":"Sophocles","tags":["american-culture","decline-of-western-civilization","ethics-and-moral-philosophy","morality","narcissism","narcissism-epidemic","narcissists","pride","reality-tv","religion","secular-morality","secularism","self-pity","sin","sociopath","sociopaths","sociopathy"],"id":96385,"author_id":"Sophocles"},{"text":"This conversation with myself has an overwhelming aroma of narcissism.","author":"Tawny Lara","tags":["experience","narcissism","narcissistic","narcissists","negative","negative-attitude","negative-people","pink-hair","positive-outlook","positive","positive-thinking","positive-thoughts","write-a-book","writer","writer-life","writers","writers-world"],"id":117386,"author_id":"Tawny+Lara"},{"text":"Narcissists are consumed with maintaining a shallow false self to others. They're emotionally crippled souls that are addicted to attention. Because of this they use a multitude of games, in order to receive adoration. Sadly, they are the most ungodly of God's creations because they don't show remorse for their actions, take steps to make amends or have empathy for others. They are morally bankrupt.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["adoration","assholes","attention","attention-seekers","cruel-men","cruelty","dancing-with-the-devil","fake","fake-men","gaslighting","liars","losers","manipulators","narcissism","narcissists","ungodly","ungodly-men"],"id":181814,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"It is no accident that narcissists and altruists often have a magnetic attraction to one another. Can you see how perfect the fit is? The altruistic feels the need to selflessly serve others and this is just what the narcissist wants. Narcissists want to be worshipped and gratified in every way possible, and this is just what altruists offer, thinking it demonstrates their moral virtue.","author":"Ellen Kenner","tags":["altruists","attraction","narcissists"],"id":189160,"author_id":"Ellen+Kenner"},{"text":"Narcissists are everywhere in this ripe age of self-love, which amazes me because so much in life would seem to foster humility.","author":"Dean Koontz","tags":["humility","narcissists","odd-thomas","self-love"],"id":191298,"author_id":"Dean+Koontz"},{"text":"There's nothing more narcissistic than being sure that you are built in the image of an all-powerful Creator-God, and that same God answers your prayers, knows your name, and has a personal relationship with you.","author":"David G. McAfee","tags":["all-powerful","arrogance","christianity","god","knowledge","narcissism","narcissists"],"id":280840,"author_id":"David+G.+McAfee"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":17,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}