“One thing a narcissist doesn't like is to look in a mirror that is in ...” — Jay Parini Quote

“One thing a narcissist doesn't like is to look in a mirror that is in any way genuinely reflective of what's on the other side of it.”

“A revival of 'Of Mice and Men' would have seemed out of place in years of Reaganomics, Donald Trump and Michael Milken, a time when Rambo supplied millions of filmgoers with a fantasy that masked what was really going on in their lives.”

“Whether we're looking at the burial box of St. James, a fragment of the True Cross, the Shroud of Turin, or some bones supposedly belonging to John the Baptist, there is always excitement and distrust, faith and doubt.”

“No individual should ever pin their self worth on wealth net worth. I see that as a wildly unproductive way to live. I just want to focus on my job, because I don't do it for that, I do it because I work with great people and I am working on a cause that I genuinely care about and I'm passionate about.”

“There are people out there who genuinely love literature, who genuinely love to read and read widely, who will never like, or even necessarily get, my books. That was a hard one to swallow, to not feel slighted by.”