Robin Hobb: "We are all stories in the end. We choose how we tell them."

Not all toxic people are cruel and uncaring. Some of them love us dearly. Many of them have good intentions. Most are toxic to our being simply because their needs and way of existing in the world force us to compromise ourselves and our happiness. They aren’t inherently bad people, but they aren’t the right people for us. And as hard as it is, we have to let them go. Life is hard enough without being around people who bring you down, and as much as you care, you can’t destroy yourself for the sake of someone else. You have to make your well-being a priority.

Do not waste your life on someone who doesn’t value your precious time or feelings. Remember life is short to be anything but HAPPY.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.