Divorcing Your Narcissist Quotes

“Like a mirror fixated on itself, narcissists struggle to change, for they cannot see beyond their own reflection.”
― Tracy A. Malone, Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up!

“We have only two jobs on this earth. The first one is to learn and the second one is to cope.”
― Tracy A. Malone, Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up!

“Fight the darkness. The wounds of abuse often take victims down. The trick is to fight the darkness and do the work to heal. The strongest people in the world didn't have an easy past. They kicked their way out and never surrendered to the darkness.”
― Tracy A. Malone, Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up!

“Something is off... You feel it but can't figure out why. Your intuition is reminding you of a lesson from the past. Your internal warning system is sending you signs to protect you. Trust and listen to your intuition this time...”
― Tracy A. Malone, Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up!

“Someone with NPD cannot change. They can promise, misrepresent themselves, and fake change for a little while, but will soon unconsciously revert back to their bad behaviors.”
― Tracy Malone, Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up!

“Narcissists will always live in emotional poverty.”
― Tracy A. Malone, Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up!

“Courage empowers us to overcome our fears and surpass our limitations.”
― Tracy A. Malone, Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up!

“July is time to move away from the trauma and drama. Be gone Narc-freaks.”
― Tracy A. Malone, Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up!

“Why do you need validation? Let me tell you, it hurts more if you see proof. Here is where you must set boundaries. Cheating is a one-strike rule - for every lie you catch them in, you've missed three.”
― Tracy A. Malone, Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up!

“Remember: a 50/50 chance of survival is better than no chance at all. Use your 50% to teach them what abuse is, boundaries, and self-love.”
― Tracy A. Malone, Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up!

“If you hold on to hurt and anger, the children will have no sense of normalcy. The narcissistic parent will use them as puppets, lovebomb, and abandon them. You are their only hope.”
― Tracy A. Malone, Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up!

“As a child of a narcissistic mother, I was never told I could do anything right. Disapproval was the "norm" in my life. I was never taught to believe in myself, nor was I guided to make better choices. I was left alone to figure things out. I looked confident on the surface because I was told to act that way but deep inside, my self-esteem was precarious.”
― Tracy A. Malone, Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up!

“As a child of a narcissistic mother, I was never told I could do anything right. Disapproval was the "norm" in my life. I was never taught to believe in myself, no was I guided to make better choices. I was left alone to figure things out. I looked confident on the surface because I was told to act that way but deep inside, my self-esteem was precarious.”
― Tracy Malone, Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up!

“He was the most charming man I had ever met, holding doors open and always having an umbrella at the ready. But things changed. He had my son to control and quickly became jealous and mean - the charming man only when others were around. Behind closed doors, he was grumpy, demanding, entitled, spoiled, angry, and competitive.”
― Tracy Malone, Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up!