90 Quotes About Toxic

The word “toxic” is often used to describe things that aren’t healthy for us. But what exactly is toxic? And how do we know whether something is toxic or not? The word “toxic” comes from the Greek words for “poison” and “growth”. However, toxic relationships are not only associated with negative aspects of our lives, but also with feeling unloved, unhappy, unfulfilled, and unappreciated. Toxic relationships are characterized by feelings of anger, resentment, and disappointment Read more

Toxic people can be difficult to relate with and often put others down in an attempt to make themselves feel better about themselves. They tend to be critical and judgmental of others and generally don’t listen when someone attempts to give them feedback or advice. In a toxic relationship you become concerned about your own feelings and well-being while your partner lacks respect for your emotions.

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Sometimes I wonder if we ever truly let anyone completely in. The desire for another human being to know you, all of you, all the pieces, even the ones you’re ashamed of – is huge. But too often, we sit down and sort through the pieces only picking out the pretty ones, leaving the ugly ones behind, not realizing that choosing not to share with someone else is like committing a crime against our very soul . Rachel Van Dyken
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The thing about second chances", Mom interrupted, laying a hand on my arm "is we always walk into them assuming we'll feel better, when nine times out of ten things get worse before the ever get better. Rachel Van Dyken
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Everyone wears masks. They come in all different shapes and sizes. The only problem with trying one on is that it fits. How easily we fall into the trap that we don’t have to be who we really are. How easily we convince ourselves that we need to cover up what we were born to be. It’s a tragedy that fear keeps us from our destiny. It’s hell when the person you were created to be is covered up by some cheap imposter. Rachel Van Dyken
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How often do you think we write our own ending before the story is even finished? How often do we give up on ourselves when our lives are just starting? Things get hard and we immediately back away and assume that means we're going in the wrong direction, doing the wrong thing. If anything, when the waters get thick, that's our sign to keep going Rachel Van Dyken
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For as long as it takes for the sorrow and pain to transfer into acceptance. I’ll stay here. With you. By your side. I won’t leave.”“ Promise?”“ Vow.” I placed his hands gently on the piano. “I vow. Rachel Van Dyken
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Watching someone you love… die? There are no words for how broken that makes a person. It’s like waking up from a bad dream only to find out that it’s you reality, it’s like watching sunlight fade from the sky, like watching death suck the one you love dry, and being powerless to stop it. You may as well try to stop the waves from rolling in, or the sun from rising. In the end, the waves will roll, the sun will set, and death will come. The only thing you have a choice in? How you deal with it…when it does. Rachel Van Dyken
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But when a person’s so stuck in their own hole of darkness – it hurts like hell when someone shines a light on them. Your eyes have to adjust, and let’s just say it isn’t a pleasant experience; it’s why people stay there. Rachel Van Dyken
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If beauty is pain – let me get lost in it. If you’re my salvation – I want to earn it. If love is all I have to give – then let me give it. You. It’s all for you.” Gabe’s eyes opened and locked in on mine. “How can I prove that what I feel is real? You ask for truth I give you lies. You ask for joy I make you cry. But I don’t want to lose you. Not like this. Not when I’ve left your heart in such a mess. Give me one chance – I’m letting go of the past – but I need you here to know.” “If beauty is pain – let me get lost in it. If you’re my salvation – I want to earn it. If love is all I have to give – then let me give it. You, it’s all for you.” He paused, hitting the last few notes, and the song ended. Gabe’s smile lit up the room. But I was frozen in place. Me. He’d sung that to me. Rachel Van Dyken
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Split in two, ” he sang, “Loved by one, and then another. Pulled in a direction and then the other. If I could breathe you in, all of you, every day of my life, it wouldn’t be enough. My heart was captive long ago – then you stole it away, you helped me grow. Now I’m staring at my crossroads with a choice to make, wondering how in the world I even thought there was one way to take.” His hands flew over the piano, muscles tightened in his forearms as he leaned forward and continued singing. “My biggest fear, is not the ending of this life, but going through it without you by my side.” He repeated the chorus and closed his eyes, humming the haunting melody in such a way that I felt hypnotized. “Letting her go will be the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do – but I’m doing it so I can say goodbye to her – and good morning to you. Tell me it’s not too late to ask for a second.” He smirked but continued singing. “Third, fourth, tenth date.” His hands slowed. “Loving you will always be easy because when I look into your eyes I know you see the real me, so be my love, be my rain, be my clouds, be my pain.” “My biggest fear, is not the ending of this life, but going through it without you by my side.” He stopped playing. The room fell silent. Rachel Van Dyken
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The truth really does set you free – but what they don’t tell you is the process hurts like hell. Rachel Van Dyken
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People will go through their entire lives justifying every damn decision…they’ll fight for all the wrong things, until finally the right thing stares at them square in the face. That’s when the choices start to matter. Because in the end, you’re a creature of habit. So you may want to choose right, but choose wrong in the end – because you’re so damn used to it. It’s tragic, then again, life’s tragic . Rachel Van Dyken
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Each stroke of your fingers is a different word that describes the story. By itself it’s meaningless, but–” I pushed down on a few fingers helping her play a few notes. “String them together and you have a melody. You have a story. So, Saylor, what story do you want to tell? Rachel Van Dyken
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It’s funny isn’t it? People claim to know what love is – yet the minute they’re given the opportunity to prove it – they bail. Because when I said love – I meant I bled for you. When the word love actually leaves my lips – I’m speaking it into existence. I’m empowering my soul – I’m joining with yours.. Rachel Van Dyken
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Watching someone you love go through difficult times is like being trapped in your own body but paralyzed. You want to yell at them, scream, help them, but your body won’t move, and you know that no matter how hard you try, in the end, the path is theirs to choose. You can’t choose for them. What a terrifying concept, especially considering we hardly see every option when we’re stuck in our own self-defeat. . Rachel Van Dyken
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If life was perfect, how in the hell would v evr learn to depend on someone other dn ourselves? If anything, dt’s wat life’s taught me. D need to b perfect is stemmed in d very belief dt it’s actually something v cn achieve. Self-actualization –doesn’t exist.”“ Does dt mean v don’t try then?” “No.” “It just means wen u reach end of ur rope, u shdn’t regret a damn thing, bt applaud urself for trying impossible . Rachel Van Dyken
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If I could take away his pain… If there was a way to transfer it from his soul onto mine. I would take it. Without hesitation I would take it all. Maybe that’s how you know you love someone. When you actually feel each tear they cry as if they were your own. When you feel each cut, each bruise, each hit as if you’re the one suffering. I bled for him.& in turn, he bled for her. Funny, how life comes full circle . Rachel Van Dyken
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Sometimes by holding onto what you love the most – you end up choking the very life from the thing you want to keep on living. It’s possible to try too hard, to love something so deeply that you lose yourself. The danger is never in loving someone – but losing your identity in the process. Because what happens when tragedy strikes? You’re left an empty shell. You’re left with nothing. Rachel Van Dyken
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Music without passion is merely noise. A life without passion? You may as well be dead. Rachel Van Dyken
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How could I let a love go – one I’d been holding onto for so long – one that felt like home? It’s not easy to let go of the pieces, even though they’re the reason for my pain. I gripped them so hard that my blood fell like rain. But nothing, nothing could have prepared me for a new life with you – one I didn’t deserve, one I want to pursue. Rachel Van Dyken
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I love you. If you remember nothing else for the rest of your life, if you fall and hit your head and can’t remember my name, if you get so sick you’re unrecognizable, if you hate me, if you’re on your deathbed and can’t manage to even lift a finger – remember this. I. Love. You. Always. Forever. Eternally. Is that kind of love something you can handle, Saylor? Rachel Van Dyken
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If God meant for us to carry baggage around, he would have made our skin have little pouches like kangaroos. Or maybe he would have just made it so that each and every one of us were born with huge- ass shoulders to carry the load. Clearly, we weren’t made to carry the weight of the world, kinda makes you wonder why we do it anyway, huh? Rachel Van Dyken
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It's funny isn't it? People claim to know what love is -- yet the minute they're given the opportunity to prove it -- they bail. Rachel Van Dyken