In a narcissistic cathexis, you invest more energy into your ideas about another person than in the actual, objective, external person. So the man who falls in love with beauty is quite different from the man who loves a girl and feels she is beautiful and can see what is beautiful about her.
Alison BechdelI don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.
Alison BechdelWatching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff.
Alison Bechdel