Sociopath Quotes

“I wonder if whoever invented World of Warcraft realizes it’s practice for sociopaths.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“Prisons are full of sociopaths and psychopaths, but when questioned, the imprisoned sociopath will honestly admit that they will commit any number of crimes to help a friend.

A friend will help you move; a true friend will help you move a body.

A friend will bail you out of jail; a true friend will be sitting beside you.

Who wouldn’t want to have a true friend? But they sound a lot like a sociopath.”
― Tanya Thompson, Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade

“APD is primarily defined as a lack of empathy,' I said. I'd looked it up too, a few months ago. Empathy is what allows people to interpret emotion, the same way ears interpret sounds; without it you become emotionally deaf.
'It means I don't connect emotionally with other people. I wondered if he was going to pick that one.'
'How do you even know that?' she said. 'You're fifteen years old, for goodness' sake. You should be ... I don't know, chasing girls or playing video games.'
'You're telling a sociopath to chase girls?”
― Dan Wells, I Am Not a Serial Killer

“I'm an 'intelligent' sociopath. I don't have problems with drugs, I don't commit crimes, I don't take pleasure in hurting people, and I don't typically have relationship problems. I do have a complete lack of empathy. But I consider that an advantage, most of the time. Do I know the difference between right and wrong, and do I want to be good? Sure. ... A peaceful and orderly world is a more comfortable world for me to live in. So do I avoid breaking the law because it's 'right'? No, I avoid breaking the law because it makes sense.”
― M. E. Thomas, Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight

“Walter had never liked cats. They'd seemed to him the sociopaths of the pet world, a species domesticated as an evil necessary for the control of rodents and subsequently fetishized the way unhappy countries fetishize their militaries, saluting the uniforms of killers as cat owners stroke their animals' lovely fur and forgive their claws and fangs. He'd never seen anything in a cat's face but simpering incuriosity and self-interest; you only had to tease one with a mouse-toy to see where it's true heart lay...cats were all about using people”
― Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

“We do not have to be mental health professionals to identify the traits of the possible sociopaths among us.”
― P.A. Speers, Type 1 Sociopath - When Difficult People Are More Than Just Difficult People

“It is so easy at times for a lonely individual to begin fantasizing about what the people outside are saying about him and, in result, irrationally and fearfully, and sometimes angrily, fancy himself a villain.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“The toxic behaviors were there before you decided to enter into relationships with them. The signs were there. You may have chosen to look the other way, but the signs were there.—”
― P.A. Speers, Type 1 Sociopath - When Difficult People Are More Than Just Difficult People

“I didn't think past the first step of anything, that was the key. I drank a Coke and didn't worry about how to recycle the can or about the acid puddling in my belly, acid so powerful it could strip clean a penny. We went to a dumb movie and I didn't worry about the offensive sexism or the lack of minorities in meaningful roles. I didn't even worry about anything that came next. Nothing had consequence, I was living in the moment, and I could feel myself getting shallower and dumber. But also happy.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“He had never regarded other men as anything but puppets of a sort, created to fill up an empty world. He divided them into two classes: those he greeted because some chance had put him in contact with them, and those he did not greet. But both these categories of individuals were equally insignificant in his eyes.

("An Old Man")”
― Guy de Maupassant

“Narcissists use jealousy to control you. They flirt in front of you and when you ask
about it, you become the jealous one. They get jealous and accuse you of things
you aren't doing. They also get jealous of the closeness of your friends and family,
so they gaslight you into isolating yourself from them.”
― Tracy A. Malone

“Many survivors get so angry that they find themselves dropping the f-bomb
all the time, even when they never swore in their lives. This expression of
unfamiliar anger is quite healthy, it's okay to be fucking angry! Just make your
way out by healing the wounds.”
― Tracy A. Malone

“BOUNDARIES
STEP ONE - set a boundary, what do you not want to hear, see, or do.
STEP TWO-decide limits - what you will and will not tolerate
STEP THREE - pay attention to people's reactions, if your boundaries make someone mad, then that person is abusing you. LESSON - someone that loves you would never hurt you, PERIOD! Learn this and self-love and you will be ok.
@tracyAMalone”
― Tracy A. Malone

“Everyone watches television and decides they'll roleplay their favorite sociopath or their favorite mental invalid. Many of the people around today aspire to be deranged or something, it's embarrassing. It's like they want an escape from the mundane so badly that they'd induce (or act out) mental instability to get there.”
― Mike Ma, Harassment Architecture

“A narcissist’s goal is to keep you small. Limiting your financial access to your own
money is a favorite tactic. Your goal is to learn your rights and take back your
power. Feeling small is common for victims until they realize this is just another
narcissistic lie.”
― Tracy A. Malone

“Creating a new story after narcissistic abuse. You are not being delusional and
making up alternate truths, you are choosing which parts of the story you want to
hold onto. Holding onto the painful bits keep you trapped in yesterday. By letting
go of the pain, you open your heart to a new tomorrow.”
― Tracy A. Malone

“Narcissists who cheat do leave signs if we are looking. New clothes, change in
appearance, sudden interest in gym. Locked phones, more time away, phone calls
or texts that they leave the room for.”
― Tracy A. Malone

“Poison can present in a pretty bottle narcissistic abuse can also present in a pretty
bottle beware of something being too good to be true.”
― Tracy A. Malone

“The scapegoat of a narcissistic parent is never safe. Situations are created by the
narcissistic parent to blame the child for things they never did. Much of their lives
is pushing back against the lies. The child internalizes that they can't do anything
right, some fight back, others surrender and give up fighting.”
― Tracy A. Malone

“Narcissists specialize in guilt. They do something wrong; you ask to talk about it.
They flip the script into you not loving them, not trusting them or being cruel like
your mother. Then you end up feeling guilty!”
― Tracy A. Malone

“Narcissists can never hear you. You have no right to set a boundary, speak up or
speak honestly. Once you are isolated from support, the resistance grows, leaving
the victim confused and lost.”
― Tracy A. Malone

“We were always taught to never play with fire...
Why weren't we warned about a more likely meeting of a narcissist?
This job now falls to victims to educate the world. Spread the word and save a
soul.”
― Tracy A. Malone

“Have you ever noticed that a narcissist could do terrible things to you and by
morning it's as if nothing happened. This is so confusing to the victim experiencing
these 180 behaviors. It's grooming you that are required to forgive and forget and
never discuss it again. In contrast if you do something to offend them, they
become hyper focused and never let you forget.”
― Tracy A. Malone

“The narcissistic poison. Believe again and learn to trust again because if you don't
the poison worked.”
― Tracy A. Malone

“Narcissists can get physical! Many people don't understand that control can look
many different ways. Not all narcissists go in this direction, but those that use
physical threats will always use it as their control tool.”
― Tracy A. Malone

“Cheating always repeats. The entitlement of a narcissist to cheat without
conscience is their choice. Your choice is to run and file for divorce!”
― Tracy A. Malone

“I could be whatever they wanted me to be. A fun girl, a potential best friend, someone to tell secrets to over midnight snacks. This type of socializing was just me playing little roles for a few moments, but when I need to go all in, I can.”
― Vera Kurian, Never Saw Me Coming

“She is a mystery. It seems to me that she is not like other people. There is something she lacks. Kindness maybe, or conscience. You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself. And I can’t feel her.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“I'm not a psychopath, Anderson—I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.”
― Steven Moffat Mark Gatiss, Sherlock A Study in Pink #1 (of 6) CVR D

“As I watched the dark-haired beauty walk into Luca's home on Gino's arm in a red dress that flirted with her curves and only teased at what was underneath, that thing stirred deep within my chest. That same thing I'd noticed when I first saw her sitting there in the setting sun during the wedding ceremony. It was primitive and possessive and utterly unfamiliar to me, and it made me want to sink my knife into Gino's fat gut and gift her with a necklace of his intestines.”
― Angel Rayne, His Darkness