RGS

“Time was as mutable as the rest of the underearth and night had flowed back into dawn by the time Kai left the house. Vai was curled up on the steps. She rose and stretched when he stopped beside her.”
― Martha Wells, Witch King

“The person who is grandiose is admired by everyone and needs this admiration. He must excel brilliantly in everything he undertakes, which he is surely capable of doing. He also admires himself for his qualities and success.”
― Everest Media, Summary of Alice Miller's The drama of The Gifted Child

“The grandiose person is never really free, because he is excessively dependent on admiration from others and because his self-respect is dependent on qualities, functions, and achievements that can suddenly fail. #8 Grandiosity and depression are often seen together in patients. Grandiosity is the false self, and depression is the void that is created when the false self breaks down. The former child no longer exists, and the former parents are now old and dependent. #9 Grandiosity and depression are similar in that they are both a result of the loss of a potential true self. They are also similar in that they are both a result of the denial of the emotional world of a person’s childhood.”
― Everest Media, Summary of Alice Miller's The drama of The Gifted Child

“A mother who is not especially warmhearted can still provide this environment for her child, as long as she allows him to acquire what she lacks from other people.”
― Everest Media, Summary of Alice Miller's The drama of The Gifted Child