Tell me what you want, and then I'll put in what I want…

“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…

— Melody Beattie

What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see. Perception, belief, action, and change are codependent.

— John Paul Caponigro

“I HOLD If I could have had him, I could have let him go. But without the having there was nothing— so to the…

— Coco J. Ginger

Being married, I would say most relationships are pretty codependent in some ways.

— Rene Russo

“There's always something in it for the person who is allowing to be taken advantage of." Psychotherapist David in Type 1 Sociopath”

— P.A. Speers

“If I am this capable of loving an alcoholic so much, imagine how awesome I could be at loving myself.”

— Grace W. Wroldson

“But perhaps the enthusiastic sensibility of young women of her age also played a role. This feeling sought release at every opportunity, and with…

— Franz Kafka

“As empaths, we are not here to be sponges or enablers. We are here to be helpers, guides, and supporters.”

— Aletheia Luna

I'm obsessed with my cat. We have a really strong, really weird codependent, almost Bella/Edward relationship. I'm going to be a crazy cat lady…

— Kristen Stewart

Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay.

— Melody Beattie

“It wasn't so much about breaking free of him, as it was about breaking free of me.”

— Grace W. Wroldson

“I was dating the same man over and over again, expecting a different relationship. Where's the sanity in that!?”

— Grace W. Wroldson

Your whole being is involved in taking care of someone else, worrying about what they think of you, how they treat you, how you…

— Cynthia Heimel

in all codependent relationships, the rescuer needs the victim as much as the victim needs the rescuer.

— Barbara De Angelis

It's hard to give up the self-esteem connected to being codependent and appearing 'right,' which is probably a survival behavior learned from growing up…

— Melody Beattie