"Narcissism" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... It was Narcissism in him to love the city so well; he saw his reflection in it; and, like it, he was grimy, big, careless, rich, strong, and unquenchably optimistic. From the deepest of his inside all the way out he believed it was the finest city in the world. "Finest" was his word. He thought of it as his city as ...
— The Turmoil - A Novel • Booth Tarkington
... insanity. Since I called attention to this form of auto-erotism (Alienist and Neurologist, April, 1898), several writers have discussed the condition, especially Naecke, who, following out the suggestion, terms the condition Narcissism. Among 1,500 insane persons, Naecke has found it in four men and one woman (Psychiatrische en Neurologische Bladen, No. 2, 1899), Dr. C.H. Hughes writes (in a private letter) that he is acquainted with such cases, in which ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis |
