I am a recovering narcissist. I thought narcissism was about self-love till someone told me there is a flip side to it. It is actually drearier than self-love; it is unrequited self-love.

Emily Levine (1944-2019) American humorist, writer, actress, speaker

“A Theory of Everything,” TED Talk, Monterey, California (Feb 2002)
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