Mind Games Quotes

“Somewhere between love and hate lies confusion, misunderstanding and desperate hope.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Lies don't end relationships the truth does.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Sometimes, it is how you shine in the darkness during other people's misery that is remembered more than anything you could have said or done when you have suffered just as much.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The black widow, who had dispatched a lover or two, was sought out for her wisdom. The young spider asked her, "Did you keep his harmful secret under the threat of danger, or did you spin a web so confusing that he didn't know if you were friend or foe? Did you release him from the web and your presence or will you give another the venom in which to finish him?" The black widow was quiet and then said, "All of the above.”
― Donna Lynn Hope

“When you don’t have honesty in love then there is no communication. Honesty is improvisation of the heart; anything less is a well thought out and rehearsed script.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Women of dignity know when to stop expecting loyalty when he won't even give you honesty.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance: some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase.”
― Gregory Maguire, A Lion Among Men

“Because you don't spend so many decades in someone's house without knowing their game.”
― Daniel Nayeri, Another Faust

“You wish to be free, but there is no such thing as freedom. You can redecorate dungeon to give illusion of freedom, but you are still in dungeon.” “I should’ve had the choice.” “Choice is illusion, same as happiness and freedom.”
― Carolyn Crane

“The games are always been played, and no one plays the games like me. You just have to be the best.
And I usually am.”
― Irvine Welsh, Filth

“Your level of ignorance is based on what you believe you know and your ego.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Gavin had thought tragedy suited her: a young Miss Havisham, wearing the moth-eaten tatters of her frayed hopes like a ravaged bride. She had thought at first that it was the chase he craved, or the thrill of conquest, but while both of those might have been true, it was her humiliation that got him off. Physical, psychological, sexual—his favorite games were the ones he played with her head.”
― Nenia Campbell, Escape

“The malignant narcissist has a split persona. They are like Jekyll and Hyde. One minute, they are sweet as sugar. The next minute, they fly into an uncontrollable seething rage! The narcissist loves playing mind games with you. They are clever to conceal who they are. Wherever there’s a narcissist, you can find a false mask plastered upon their face.”
― Dana Arcuri, Certified Trauma Recovery Coach, Soul Rescue: How to Break Free From Narcissistic Abuse & Heal Trauma

“...[W]e must not let it enter our minds that there may be no validity in argument. On the contrary we should recognize that we ourselves are still intellectual invalids; but that we must brace ourselves and do our best to become healthy... No greater misfortune could happen to anyone than that of developing a dislike for argument.”
― Socrates, Apology, Crito And Phaedo Of Socrates.

“But the mind is its own place, as Milton said, it can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. How does it do that? By remembering, or forgetting. The only tricks a mind can play.”
― Sara Collins

“Some people are weapons that will put you out of your mind, unless you put THEM out of your mind.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones

“It's emphasis of the same, a nemesis with my name, scheme created impressions of a mind game for everyone who over-seas. What a shame for those who haven't figured it out.”
― Jose R. Coronado, The Land Flowing With Milk And Honey

“He talks a lot. He thinks is he playing a game, but this is a game of my rules.”
― Oleksander Usyk

“It’s just fun to make men fall in love with you.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“Your mind is a very powerful force. If you learn to tame it, you can achieve anything.”
― Emmanuel Apetsi

“Cada uno esta donde cree que debería de estar, pero en realidad nadie sabe donde debe de estar. Si tu al menos sabes donde no debes de estar, quizás deberías estar...en otro lugar.”
― Samuel Romero Rodriguez, El horizonte del mar

“I swear, lying there thinking about what they might decide to do next was worse than anything they did later.”
― Henry V. O'Neil, Glory Main

“Maybe it’s only a mind game — what we hear more of, we think more of.”
― H.C. Roberts, Harp and the Lyre: Exposed

“You must think outside the box, Luna.”
― Teri Terry

“The bridge between a psychopath and a murderer is often drawn paper thin. There are psychopaths who twist you inside out with psychological torture, while others make it a reality, twisting you to pieces with blades of steel. They’re all geniuses in their own little fantasies. Some feel trapped and need to find a way through the reality of this harsh world. Some will never be free.”
― Remii Allan

“The game only ends when you stop pretending there isn’t one.”
― Cain Blackwood, The Female Code: Power, Influence & the Art of Manipulation

“She began to get stressed worried agitated furious apprehensive provoked scared irate troubled, and very uneasy. Her mind was a jumble of fears.”
― H.C. Roberts, Harp and the Lyre: Exchange

“I can’t do this. I’m sorry. I have no idea what happened just then, but I can’t be with someone where I’m constantly feeling doubt about all my thoughts and instincts. I’ve done that before and it’s destructive.”
― Dianna Hardy, Blood Surge

“From nothing, unseen and unnamed, she watched and waited. Every shadow whispered her patience, every secret sharpened her resolve. And when the time came, the world learned her name.”
― Nevine Essam

“Every shadow watched, every second sharpened his fear. The next victim could be him." ⚡”
― Nevine Essam