#toxic

Chloe Bishop took an ax and gave Skanky Skyla forty whacks. And when she saw what she had done, she gave her family forty-one." A tingle of fear rises through my spine as Chloe cackles her way into Ethan's bedroom. Chloe Bishop is certifiably insane. And dear God Almighty - I do believe she's going to kill us all. ↗

— Addison Moore

#skyla #toxic #family

Feminist psychologists have suggested that a toxic friendship is often one in which a women's own personal growth and individuation is sacrificed at the expense of the demands of the other person. Sometimes choosing oneself rather than the friendship is important for future personal growth and individuation. But women have a difficult time separating from each other because emotional connection is so highly valued and broken friendships are seen as failures. ↗

— Irene S. Levine

#friendship

You can love them, forgive them, want good things for them…but still move on without them. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#friends #friendships #honoring-yourself #letting-go #loving-yourself

It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#drama #friends #friendship #holding-out-for-the-best #honoring-yourself

Look around you at the people you spend the most time with and realize that your life can’t rise any higher than your friendships. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#friendship #holding-out-for-the-best #letting-go #letting-go-of-negative-people #loving-yourself

Stop inviting people who don't celebrate you to your party! It's YOUR life - you have the right to be exclusive. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#friendship #honoring-yourself #letting-go #loving-yourself #moving-on

Don't spread negativity, that stuff is contagious and ruins us. The good news is, positivity can also be contagious and it lifts us. ↗

— Joshua Neik

#negativity #negativity-is-toxic #positivity #wisdom #inspirational

It was strange, this toxic little vein, strange to stand above it, looking down at night, in a dangerous neighborhood, as if they were in love and entitled to such adventures. ↗

— Lorrie Moore

#entitled-in-love #love-story #toxic #life

The moon looked like melted mozzarella to my bleary and blurry vision. Was I tired, intoxicated, or in love? Or was I sober, asleep, and alone?
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— Jarod Kintz

#asleep #blurry #cheese #drunk #intoxicated

Even if toxic people are right about what is "good," they are wrong if the approach is not healthy. ↗

— John Lewis Lund

#healthy #relationships #right #toxic #wrong