Destructive Relationships Quotes

“Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“If that’s the case, I understand why emotions are hard for you. You’ve numbed yourself to make room for the grief you carry.”
― Brent Jones, The Fifteenth of June

“I remembered only the good and loveable things about him, not the wretchedness he caused me, and the dope, and the resentments and silence and the half-crazy outbursts. I remembered his smell and the colour of his eyes and his head thrown back to laugh; these things were a second away, in time, but the others I dredged up dutifully, knowing that I must, for the sake of truth and sanity, try to keep a balance.”
― Helen Garner, Monkey Grip

“Trying to impose our personal agenda on someone else’s experience is the shadow side of love, while real love recognizes that life unfolds at its own pace.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“Soul Abuse is the destruction of a victim's awareness of the strength within their soul. It stems from the abuser's intention to corrupt another's understanding of their own significance.  ”
― Lorraine Nilon, Breaking Free From the Chains of Silence: A respectful exploration into the ramifications of paedophilic abuse

“She had had such an unhappy childhood and she had only to picture some poor child suffering in a similar way for her heart to sink. Of course, she knew that she would never punish her child for poor academic performance. She would not comment on her child’s lack of good looks either. Nor would she ever tell her son or daughter as her mother had once told her that she was only staying in a bad, destructive relationship for their sake.”
― Lynne Graham, The Italian Boss's Mistress

“He pondered his turmoil, wondering which he feared most—losing his father or being alone in the world. Both were inevitable. Neither could be stopped or slowed down. All he could do now was brace for impact.”
― Brent Jones, The Fifteenth of June

“It’s like everyone has their own little recipe for happiness, but no one really seems all that happy.”
― Brent Jones, The Fifteenth of June

“Happiness isn’t something you work toward, the same way misery isn’t something you work toward.”
― Brent Jones, The Fifteenth of June

“It feels like I’m stuck in one spot. It’s been this way for a long time. I know you understand, but now you’re moving on without me. And I—I’m not ready to be alone.”
― Brent Jones, The Fifteenth of June

“See, you’ve got to understand, son. There’s two types of guys in this world. There’s guys . . . who think they’re in control, and guys like us who live in the moment. Who accept life as it is.”
― Brent Jones, The Fifteenth of June

“I gave up drinking before my twentieth birthday. I haven’t touched the stuff since. And I’ve discovered that not everyone who does horrible things is a horrible person.”
― Brent Jones, The Fifteenth of June

“It’s like you’re always living in your head. . . . Relax and appreciate your surroundings a little.”
― Brent Jones, The Fifteenth of June

“I lost someone close to me once . . . Taught me to live in the moment. Life is short, you know?”
― Brent Jones, The Fifteenth of June

“Let death come for me," I told them. Contempt filled their gaze; they labeled me crazy.
Then they saw me drinking my poison from her lips, and they envied my fate.”
― Wiss Auguste

“If we harm someone else, we’re inevitably also hurting ourselves. Some quality of sensitivity and awareness has to shut down for us to be able to objectify someone else, to deny them as a living, feeling being—someone who wants to be happy, just as we do.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“Une gentille fille comme moi, un si brave garçon, comment est-ce qu’on a pu nous faire ça à nous?”
― Justine Lévy, Nothing Serious

“I can’t do this. I’m sorry. I have no idea what happened just then, but I can’t be with someone where I’m constantly feeling doubt about all my thoughts and instincts. I’ve done that before and it’s destructive.”
― Dianna Hardy, Blood Surge