"Lately, he had been wondering if codependence was such a bad thing. He took pleasure in his friendships, and it didn’t hurt anyone, so who cared if it was codependent or not? And anyway, how was a fri..."
- Hanya Yanagihara
"Once they have been affected---once "it" sets in---codependency takes on a life of its own. It is similar to catching pneumonia or picking up a destructive habit. Once you've got it, you've got it.If ..."
- Melody Beattie
"It's hard to get enough of something that almost works."
- Vincent Felitti
"There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence, no matter whether it be from the hand of father, husband, or brother; for anyone who does so eat her bread places herself in the p..."
- Susan B. Anthony
"When you can find your own axis, you can revolve around it, for when you revolve your life on someone outside of you, you lose your own alignment. Just as the earth revolves around its own axis daily ..."
- Malti Bhojwani
"All of the years I spent trying to be someone you could be proud of would have been better spent being proud of myself for who I already was."
- Paula Heller Garland
"Continually trying to satisfy someone who attempts to control you is like bailing someone out of jail when they need to learn a lesson. They will never learn how to take care of themselves unless you ..."
- Kate McGahan
"The Karpman drama triangle is a classic model of codependent behaviour. First of all, a codependent will rescue someone. Then, when their ‘brave and charitable’ work hasn’t been acknowledged, they bec..."
- Christopher Dines