Komrade

“Narcissists are deeply unhappy people. They get jealous of you when you are experiencing life and happiness. They do not want you to be happy and strong, as those feelings threaten their ability to control you. They”
― Debbie Mirza, The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist: Recognizing the Traits and Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse

“I hate when people ask me “Why are you so quiet?” Because I am. That’s how I function. I don’t ask others “Why do you talk so much?” It’s rude.”
― Keanu Reeves

“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. The dangers that face the world can, every one of them, be traced back to science. The salvations that may save the world will, every one of them, be traced back to science.”
― Isaac Asimov

“If I've come to understand anything about narcissism and those who espouse such traits---it's that it does not heal or go away. It only changes masks. It adopts new personas for new stations and stages in life. But those who tend to see through it know that it doesn't matter what charisma it exudes, what platitudes, dogmas or great transformations it adopts ---- narcissism is always underpinned by the ego of a broken child. It's always propped up by the pile of wreckage it has amassed beneath itself.
A narcissist is a chameleon, a mimic. Its skin changes, its words adapt to the pleasure of its surroundings, but its interior remains the same.”
― Jennifer DeLucy