“People who say they’re 'brutally honest' are more interested in the brutality than the honesty. A person can be honest without being brutal. Sometimes honesty can hurt like hell, but we don't need to twist the knife while we're at it.”— Insufferably Intolerant Science Nerd, facebook.com
“I'm like walking heroin, very habit forming. It never ends well.”— Tom Kapinos, Lucifer Morningstar, Tom Ellis, imdb.com
“There has never been a shortage of people eager to draw up blueprints for running other people’s lives.”— Thomas Sowell, amazon.com
“Everyone comes into your life for a reason. Sometimes the reason is to teach you that you have appallingly bad taste on who you let into your life.”— Jennifer Wright, twitter.com
“Stop reconnecting with toxic people from your past because you’re lonely. Focus on getting better and attracting better.”— @lohver, lohver.tumblr.com
“Alex, this guy is like raw plutonium radiating poison into my skin and breaking me down with his toxic lack of self-awareness.”— Harris Danow, Valerie, Michaela Watkins, imdb.com
“Negative creates negative, people who mock others usually create negative stigma for themselves which triggers unpleasant decision making & they don't realize they hurt themselves. It's counter productive.”— Tommy Wiseau, facebook.com
“Psychopaths are nature’s only known intraspecies predators. Other creatures will kill their own under certain conditions. However, none wantonly prey on their own. Psychopaths represent the exception. And it’s their malignant narcissism that permits such conduct.”— Dr. George Simon, drgeorgesimon.com
“Remember: toxic people don’t argue with you, they essentially argue with themselves and you become privy to their long, draining monologues. They thrive off the drama and they live for it.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“The most difficult person in your life is actually an insecure, love starved person.”— Yoko Ono, twitter.com
“It's really true. Negative people want your attention because they thrive off of your energy. Don't give them what they want. Let them starve.”— Cassey Ho, instagram.com
“Instead of looking inward and in the mirror, toxic people project outward to blame others who are not the cause. Don’t take on other people’s self-deceptions and projections.”— LalahDelia, twitter.com
“Some people are like clouds when they disappear, the sun can shine in our lives.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“Close some doors. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they no longer lead somewhere.”— Paulo Coelho, facebook.com
“Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don’t hesitate. Fumigate.”— Mandy Hale, amazon.com
“I forgive those who have harmed me in my past and peacefully detach from them.”— Dr. Carmen Harra, huffingtonpost.com