I was at this guy's house. I met this girl who was hanging out there. She was real pretty, she had brown eyes and dark hair. She was soft-spoken and real nice. I know that everyone has their own life, and they can do what they want, and you shouldn't think anything of it or anything. But man, I couldn't help but flinch a little when I saw all those needle marks in her arm, they looked so sore. Hateful little holes. I wanted to say something, but I didn't.

— Henry Rollins

Love is the purest religion and the most destructive addiction!

— Yahia Kareem

Many partners of addicts have told me they feel bad about themselves for staying in the relationship because of the betrayal they’ve experienced. They imagine that the people who know their past judge them to be stupid for staying with the person who’s caused them so much pain. I often counter this thinking, explaining that leaving may seem quick and easy because they can pretend they’re okay, and the problem has disappeared. However, if you leave your relationship, you’ll be stuck with your pain and sorrow without the person you loved to help you sort it out. Why is this true? Because even though it feels as if your pain comes from your partner, it’s actually coming from inside you.

— Alexandra Katehakis

May you begin living beyond.

— Asa Don Brown

...most Substance-addicted people are also addicted to thinking, meaning they have a compulsive and unhealthy relationship with their own thinking.

— David Foster Wallace

No one wants to be entrapped by his or her addictive habit...

— Asa Don Brown

Quinton: I think if every person had a Nova Reed in this world, then life would be a little sunnier.

— Jessica Sorensen

Remember what I used to tell you when you were a little girl? ‘A fool and her money soon part.’ Current-day translation? Stop pissing away your assets at Bloomingdale’s.

— Sophie Kinsella

See, I am very dependent... on beauty and peace of the world... on loyalty of friends... on love in families... on happiness and health of children. And I do not want to be free as long as I have it all...

— Galina Nelson

Some, they didn't make it. The temptation just too strong. How can darkness cloud the mind To what I know as wrong?

— Kimberly Nalen