Quotes About Insecurity

Love is never as ferocious as when you think it's going to leave you.

That I have no right to be jealous is irrelevant. It is a human passion: the sick, white underbelly of love.

It's only one date. I can do it. And you'll probably lose interest afterward." "No other woman's ever needed to give herself a pep talk to spend time with me." "That you know of.

she thought envy was the most destructive of emotions. It ate away at your guts and your brain and it stopped you thinking straight. Envy and jealousy.

He knew how little praise it took for an insecure person to feel grateful.

Why did she feel the need to sneer? Because people who talked about books or pictures or films made her feel ignorant and out of her depth.

He had a chip on his shoulder about anybody with a posh voice and a fancy degree.

She paused for a moment and tried to work out why she was so horrified at the prospect of living in the middle of the country. 'I never feel safe away from the edge.

She'd managed photographers who could make grown men cry, but Mrs Henry made her feel like a nervy six-year-old.

She'd always been eager to please – part of her problem.

Holly hadn't liked Lizzie Redhead. Somebody else with doting parents and a comfortable life, who'd felt the need to make life difficult for other people.

They need you. They wouldn't feel superior without someone to despise. They're inadequate.

Doubt was a cancer that grew unbidden.

It's often said that those who are unduly bothered by gays are latent homosexuals. Isn't it possible that people obsessed with racism are themselves racist.

Ramona wasn't at home anywhere. She felt like a spy in life and the ending of every great book and each orgasm, and the sight of every homeless shopping bag lady infected her with a titanic yearning for the world to make an unscheduled stop.

My hair looks awful while wet, I will say that.

When I was a kid, it was always very embarrassing for me if I wet the bed - I was 5 years old. I didn't want my parents or my brothers to find out because they'd bust my chops to no end.

I remember not wanting to play football because I didn't want to get my hair wet.

My last audition for 'Baby Driver,' I had to meet with Jon Hamm and go through the scenes. I was a bit nervous: 'What if Jon Hamm dislikes me? This is the end.' I also watched 'Mad Men' religiously, so that didn't help with my nerves.

The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.

You know, parenting is so personal. And we're all afraid that we didn't quite get it right. And it feels like the stakes are so high. By we - what if we made a mistake?

I feel like I've mastered what nervousness is, and simply, nervousness is, fearing the future. Or, I like to put it as, thinking about things that you don't want in the future. Normally, artists may think, 'What if my show doesn't go well?' Boom. That's going to cause nervousness.

When I wake up in night sweats, that's what I'm thinking about: what if someone grabs me from my past and says, 'I heard you drag me to filth on your podcast.'

The issue is sometimes when people are themselves, like, what if you suck, you know? There's a good chance you're not gonna resonate and not be relatable to people. You gotta be a goodhearted, positive person. And a lot of YouTubers I've met anyways are.