Marie Sarantakis > Quotes

“If you don't like pictures of animal cruelty being posted on social media, you need to help stop the cruelty, not the pictures. You should be bothered that its happening, not that you saw it.”
― Marie Sarantakis

“Life is too short not to eat raw and it's even shorter if you don't.”
― Marie Sarantakis

“Investing in a prenup is like buying life insurance, you buy it with the hope that you will never benefit from it.”
― Marie Sarantakis

“If you want to turn the tables on the Narc and have the upper hand, you shut the door to the relationship after they discard you. You leave for good. You pack up your things. You don’t provide an explanation. You certainly don’t provide a warning. You don’t reason with them. You just go. Separate yourself from them both physically and emotionally.”
― Marie Sarantakis, How to Divorce a Narcissist and Win

“If someone leaves you in the dirt, plant a seed and grow. Bury them in their own emotional void.”
― Marie Sarantakis, How to Divorce a Narcissist and Win

“Narcs get giddy at the thought of gaming the system. They enjoy learning the legal framework and then using the system to further their goals. Narcs change the rules often and unexpectedly. They will demand that you play at their pace. If the Narc has the resources, they will likely inundate you with baseless motions, making ridiculous allegations, and have you drowning in legal fees while furthering their smear campaign.”
― Marie Sarantakis, How to Divorce a Narcissist and Win

“You defeated more than a monster; you defeated Lucifer himself. You no longer fear hell. You visited and picked up a souvenir. Now be grateful that you no longer reside there.”
― Marie Sarantakis, How to Divorce a Narcissist and Win

“A better course of action is to continue to move onward and upward. Focus on living a healthy and balanced life. Turn the attention away from the Narc and back onto you. Let the Narc bury themselves. With time they will paint themselves out to be the negative, vengeful, and deceptive one. They will bury themselves in their own hate.”
― Marie Sarantakis, How to Divorce a Narcissist and Win

“What makes a person successful is not always the opportunities they choose to take; but the ones that they are disciplined enough to walk away from.”
― Marie Sarantakis

“This hurt that you have pent up inside you is energy that can be transformed into something beautiful.”
― Marie Sarantakis, How to Divorce a Narcissist and Win

“You become a master of holding back your feelings until eventually they just pour out of you. Oh, and the moment they do—how the Narc has been waiting for that moment. That is when they make you out to seem like the crazy person. They can stab you a million times, and the moment you fight back, they sit there calmly looking at you and pointing out how unstable and insane you are. Smirking all the while. There is nothing quite like the evil genius smirk of the Narc.”
― Marie Sarantakis, How to Divorce a Narcissist and Win

“Do you remember how cruel it was when you were the recipient of the silent treatment? Return the favor. Show them they are unworthy of explanation. Don’t give them the opportunity to converse with you or creatively excuse their transgressions. Stay strong. They initially did it to you because they know the silent treatment hurts. It hurts them even more, because they are so desperately craving constant attention and control. If they cannot communicate with you, they cannot influence you. By not giving them a speaking part in the film that is your life, you take away their power. They feel helpless. This is how you succeed.”
― Marie Sarantakis, How to Divorce a Narcissist and Win

“The Narc abandons you. Then they hoover. Your relationship has plateaued, so don’t expect the initial love bombing phase to return in all its glory. Rather, there will be many cheap replicas of it that follow. The Narc goes through some of the motions, but you are no longer worth the same amount of effort to them. They are an expert on reading you at this point. They know exactly how much work, attention, and affection they need to expend in order to get you to stay, and they will not give you an ounce more than is absolutely necessary.”
― Marie Sarantakis, How to Divorce a Narcissist and Win