“Now is the time to stop giving so many opportunities to the loser who has disappointed us over and over again. Chances are he hasn’t changed this time and he won’t change next time either. So why even give him a next time?”— Stephanie Denning, thoughtcatalog.com
“I loved those people, but I need to cut them off my life. I need to leave them behind. And I think that’s okay.”— Cassie Gacott, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’re smart for knowing that it is time to go, and forcing yourself to stay would only hurt you worse.”— Cassie Gacott, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’re not weak for choosing to walk away, but you’re strong for letting yourself endure so much pain out of detaching yourself from people you love very much.”— Cassie Gacott, thoughtcatalog.com
“When you make the decision to leave, when you realize that you are in charge of your own happiness and that you can decide who you keep in your life, you will be eternally grateful to yourself.”— Chrissy Sharma, thoughtcatalog.com
“When you leave your toxic relationship, you will feel an extreme sense of relief. You’ll be proud of the decision you made to leave and feel like a weight has been lifted from your shoulders.”— Chrissy Sharma, thoughtcatalog.com
“When you leave your toxic relationship, you will better understand what kinds of people you want in your life. You’ll cross the dramatic, the controlling, and the rude off of your list and seek the kind, the open-minded, and the positive.”— Chrissy Sharma, thoughtcatalog.com
“I am better than you and better without you. What are you without me?”— Chelsey Grace, thoughtcatalog.com
“Toxic boys might make you feel alive for a minute. But the right boy will make you feel alive for a lifetime.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“You don’t have to settle for a love that consists of high highs and low lows. Or a love that’s mediocre all the way through. You can have the good without the bad. The beauty without the beast.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“I think that’s the most important lesson you learn when you fall for the wrong person, that you could be everything you want to yourself if you really had to and that sometimes you’re the only person you can really count on.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“Know what is best for you and walk away before it’s too late because chasing a false dream will only lead to heartbreak.”— Shrina Dutta, thoughtcatalog.com
“He isn’t going to change. It’s an uncomfortable pill to swallow, knowing your kindness and huge heart are wasted on him. But he’s zapping your energy. He’s sucking you dry.”— Kris Miller, thoughtcatalog.com
“You want to believe that you can save him. You want to be the hero. His hero. But the only person you have the power to save is yourself. And you still can.”— Sara Di Tullio, thoughtcatalog.com
“Believe it or not, but you actually had a life before him. You lived for yourself. You were the cause of your own happiness. You put a smile on your own damn face.”— Sara Di Tullio, thoughtcatalog.com
“Since when did it become okay for you to be silenced at the expense of another person’s happiness? Since when did you become fine with accepting bullshit? What made you to believe that you aren’t worth better?”— Sara Di Tullio, thoughtcatalog.com
“If you leave him you will learn to be yourself again: You’ll pick up the hobbies you dropped off, re-connect with old friends and move cautiously back into yourself. You’ll go to work and feel productive. You’ll go out dancing and feel sexy. You’ll remember that you had a life before him and you can…”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“If you leave him, you will thrive. You will remember all the ways in which he once held you back and you’ll reject them. You will learn from them. You will follow the dreams you once wanted, move toward the future you’d forgotten.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“If you leave him, you will feel proud of yourself. It’s what you know you should have done all along. He wasn’t right for you and you weren’t right for him.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com