39 Movie Quotes about Toxic Relationships (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Aug 5, 2026

Memorable quotes about toxic relationships, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 I don't think you realize that our daughter has married a monster!

Julie Andrews as Queen Lillian in Shrek 2

2 This bruise was made by my wife's fist. You see?

Quote from The Invincible Armour

3 Have the good manners not to hit a man until he's your husband, and until he'll hit you back.

Barry Fitzgerald as Michaeleen Flynn in The Quiet Man (1952)

4 And never forget... Anybody can control a woman's body, see, but the key is to control her mind.

Quote from The Mack (1973)

5 So there you are! I might have known it would end up like this. To think of all the love and affection I've wasted on you.

Terry Jones in Monty Python's Life of Brian

6 And what if I ever leave you? No, really! -Then I cut your throat.

Klaus Maria Brandauer as Maximillian Largo; Kim Basinger as Domino Petachi in Never Say Never Again

7 Hey! Since you're married, we haven't seen you down here. Hey, you're Kung Fu comes second now, huh? -Hey, well that isn't quite true. He has to practice with his wife now. He just stands there while she beats him up.

Quote from Heroes of the East (1978)

8 And when you tell me you're going someplace with the girls, that's exactly and precisely what you're gonna do, with every second rigidly accounted for!

Hector Elizondo in Kojak

9 My wife's brother. I hit her so he hit me. Several times.

Andy Robinson as Scorpio in Dirty Harry (1971)

10 Available? You're like an old coat that's hanging in his closet. Every time he reaches in, there you are.

Quote from Desk Set (1957)