Quotes About Insecurity

How hard it must be to be the youngest sometimes, to be the one left behind.

I've been comparing myself to her, all the ways I don't measure up. All the ways our relationship pales next to theirs. I'm the one who couldn't let her go. I'm the one who didn't give us a chance.

And then I had a thought, clear as day. I would never be somebody's favorite again.

Because you think EVERYONE loves you, Peter. That's what I hate about you. Because everyone does love you.

I've had the going-to-school-naked-forgot-to-study-for-an-exam-in-a-class-I-never-signed-up-for combo.

Chris snorts. "Never nude. Did you know that's a real thing? Some people call themselves never-nudes and they wear clothes at all times, even in the shower. Like, jean shorts.

But there was always something just a little bit humiliating about it, like we were two leftover heels of bread and together we made a dry sandwich. We're not friends anymore.

Mairi and Hadley and that kind of girl decide you're not good enough, you never will be. You just won't. And the sooner you realize that, the better. Sherilyn has never figured it out. She's so eager to please and imitate that she ends up going overboard. Like the way her clothes never look right. Mrs. Tallini still picks her school

Before Elaine, Sherilyn was my closest girl friend. I still like Sherilyn, but after so many years of knowing each other, the little things started to pile up and bug me. She cares way too much about what Mairi and Hadley think. It's embarrassing. Even when we were little, she was rushing to impress them, rushing to anything them, and she just never measured

I know he's upset about not being able to protect me, but I also know that part of why he's upset is because his pride was injured, and that has nothing to do with me. Is a boy's ego really such a fragile, breakable thing? It must be so.

was afraid my love for him and my need for him to say yes would be written on my face like a poem.

want to say, he didn't come over and say hey because the two of you were too busy stuffing your faces with pizza and he didn't want to interrupt. But I don't dare. I can't afford to burn any bridges with those two. Once they decide to freeze you out, you're done for. I've seen it happen. I'm hanging off the side of a precipice as it is, and the only thing keeping me there is Elaine. I look at her, and she shakes her head slightly.

she's just done. I wish (and this is a thought I've had many, many times, too many times to count) I was more like Margot.

Do I only like the boys I can never have? I've always known Peter was out of my reach. I've always known he didn't belong to me. But tonight he said he liked me. The thing I've been hoping for, he said it. So why didn't I just tell him I liked him back when I had the chance? Because I do. I like him back. Of course I do. What girl wouldn't fall for Peter Kavinsky, handsomest boy of all the Handsome Boys. Now that I really know him, I know he's so much more than that.

Did I screw things up that badly that now he doesn't know? It can't be over, not when I finally found my courage. I can't let it be.

You only like guys you don't have a shot with, because you're scared. What are you scared of?

You only like guys you don't have a shot with, because you're scared. What are you so scared of?

I know it was just a day in the life of Peter for you, but for me it meant a lot more, and that's what scared me.

I do not know that jealous insecurity is a real turnoff.

And besides, isn't this the way one loses boyfriends, by acting paranoid and jealous and insecure? I'm fairly certain this is not a good look on me.

I think maybe I'm just tired of all this. This in-betweenness of being somebody's girlfriend but not really.

Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That's part of the risk. I don't want to be scared anymore

Like different how?" I know I'm digging for a compliment, but I don't care.

She has no taste left to her and this makes it easier for me. The color of her where she is inside is enough to make me kill her.