Regarding toxic people: Cut them out of your life as soon as you can, and make no contact forever. Even if they are your family members. Your life isn't worth wasting on toxic people--I have 38 years of experience with this one, and the past year of my life completely out of contact with my family has been the best year of my life.
Favourite quotes with some wisdom mixed in (the internet lies about who said them so I'm going to avoid that pitfall by not listing an author):
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Either we are alone in the universe or we are not: both ideas are overwhelming.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
You can judge a lot about a society (or person, in my opinion) but the way its animals are treated.
A favourite Vonnegut quote (of which there are many):
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, “If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.”
And some Groucho for good measure
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is too dark to read.
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