Quotes About Toxic Friendships Novels & Stories

"After all, we are friends. Don't friends share things with each other?" Sorry, Adam, that quote won't be flying tonight. "I wasn't going anywhere, Adam. Why are you so bent out of shape thinking I was?" Adam sighed, giving up, standing up. "You are not making this friendship easier to thrive. You are rather killing it…" "Maybe I want it dead," I shot back before I could stop myself. And I was too cloaked in annoyance to tender an apology, to laugh it off, tagging it as a joke. I just wanted to head out to the library, and he was an obstacle.

The joke is on me that it would take me only a few years to discover that she was indeed one of them. The real ones, as I call them. Not one of them who comes to save you with a smile, letting you know that you have reached your redemption. But one of the harmful ones. Toxic, if you will. The one a dangerous man will start a war for. At that time, I couldn't know that she would soon become one of my best friends. And that I would end up risking my life because of it.

"We both know that's a lie. He doesn't love her and I am one hundred percent sure she doesn't love him either. If they got married they would end up making each other miserable" "Are you trying to turn me against my friend? Because if you are, I suggest you stop. There is no way I would ever trust you let alone be on your side" "I've never thought of coming between you two. But I think that you should choose your friends carefully" "What do you mean by that?" "I mean that the next time you want to pick a best friend, pick someone loyal" "I should have known you didn't bring me here to have lunch. What is it you want?"

“I am. My dream is one of a kind, that’s why I`m calm with the delay though it annoys me. I have a purpose for my dream after all.” “Do you have friends?” “I once did. But not anymore. To me, friends are bad influencers. All they know is to destroy one`s future claiming to be showing one a right path to take.” “What did they do or say to you?” “They told me that I`ll never achieve my dream because it`s just a fairy- tale, nothing more. What kind of friends are they? They should go to hell for all I care.” “But not all friends are bad influencers, ever thought of that?" he said, "You need a friend, one needs a friend. Someone with the same interests as yours.”

Letting myself be driven by this weird feelings is highly unacceptable, specially now that out squad is on the verge of slowly breaking up apart. I mean, I’ve witnessed some people who are bestfriends who tried being in a relationship with each other for a moment thinking that maybe, just maybe it will work out. But things just don’t go on that way. Everything is meant to be broken, even the most sacred promises that has been ever made in this world. Those two bestfriends became enemy... And as of now they aren’t even talking to each other. Love can ruin everything, and that’s a fact. End of story.

How well do we know our friends? How well do we know the people around us? Do we just look at the surface and believe they are what we think they are? We can never fully trust anyone and that’s for the best reason— we can’t read minds! Your best friend could be your worst enemy and your lover could hurt you someday, even family members turn on each other. It’s a crazy world, trust no one!

“And there are friends who do not get in each other’s way.” “Hmph,” Iva rolled her eyes. “More than half the friends betray each other when they get the opportunity. You can’t trust anyone these days. Making a friend only makes it possible to get betrayed. The chances of getting betrayed only increases when you turn an enemy into a friend. They will be waiting to betray you. This isn’t a good idea at all.” She looked at her husband. “Don’t even think about it, Gareth. The Huefner family isn’t worth shaking hands with, and definitely not after all that they pulled.”

She tried to ask innocently but he didn’t let her. “No buts. You will only make things complicated. Just clear it out. Okay?” He whispered, holding her shoulders, assuring her. “If it breaks your friendship then so be it. When bonds become toxic and painful then it’s better to eradicate them.” Zadicus explained, trying to convince her. Thankfully his words knocked some senses into her delicate mind and emotions. “I understand… I will try.” She whispered, nodding slowly to follow his words and end this misery once and for all.

He shook Xavier's charred body, screaming, "You could have died without taking my house with you! Now, it's all gone. Everything's ruined! My house…" For days, he howled in grief before finally pulling himself together enough to go back to work. But as soon as he clocked in, his boss told him, "You've missed too much work. Besides, with everything going on in your family, your focus is clearly elsewhere. You're fired." Tobias broke down. Since then, he had lost his wife, his child, his job, and the only place he could call home. With nothing left to cover Xavier's funeral, he cast the ashes aside. When asked later where they had gone, he couldn't even remember.

She said. " Hm, well, I have seen situations like this more than a million times so it isn't new to me, you have to realize that in this world we are in there are lots of people who are friends with us because of what they are gaining from us and not because they like us or anything and at the slightest threat they leave us, that's why I believe in the famous quote which states, ' A Friend in need is a friend indeed. ' The quote is very true as it has been proven countless number times. I have heard of families disowning their Own because they were Threatened by some higher-ups or something like that and likewise. "