“I was your cure and you were my disease. I was saving you. You were killing me.”— We Who Dare, youtube.com
“But with passion came screaming and cursing and words we regret. That’s not healthy. And I think part of the reason I turned back every time was because I wanted to be right about you. I wanted to be the one that changed you.”— Kirsten Corley, puckermob.com
“Conflicts between your heart and head appear like a boxing match. To walk away from someone who consumes so much of your heart, you can’t bear the thought of it. But, then in your head you remind yourself, it is for the best you leave now.”— Kirsten Corley, puckermob.com
“The cost is self-destruction in the process. The cost is you hurting me to get there. I can't sit here and wait for the respect I deserved this whole time. I can't sit here and wait to be loved, when I'm giving the best of myself. I can't sit here playing a game. It’s like a game of Jumanji. Either…”— Kirsten Corley, puckermob.com
“I’ve found the most tragic aspect of losing loved ones wasn’t the big boom of the fallout, but realizing later how much healthier I was without them.”— Maggie Young, amazon.com
“Toxic relationships are dangerous to your health; they will literally kill you.”— Bryant McGill, bryantmcgill.com
“Toxic people attach themselves like cinder blocks tied to your ankles, and then invite you for a swim in their poisoned waters.”— John Mark Green, johnmarkgreenpoetry.tumblr.com