Maha

“Emotional Vampires never grow up. Throughout their lives, they see themselves as victims of fate and the unpredictability of others. Stuff happens, and they just respond to it. As a result, they have no opportunity to learn from their mistakes, and they just keep on making the same ones over and over.”
― Albert J. Bernstein, Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry

“All vampires use self-hypnosis to avoid seeing themselves as they really are, but Histrionics are virtuosos of self-deception. Like stage magicians, they divert their own awareness away from the strings and wires that hold their personalities together. They simply do not see anything in themselves that they consider inappropriate or unlovable. Their image of themselves is like a series of attractive still photos, scenes from a movie with no overall plot to hold them together.”
― Albert J. Bernstein, Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry

“We should give to others what we intend to get. What enters into a circle will complete a full cycle and return to its origin in kind.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic

“Narcissistic vampires are absolutely shameless in their fantasies about how great they are and how much everybody admires them, or should.”
― Albert J. Bernstein, Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry