Quotes About Insecurity

I have no talent for certainty.

When so many hours have been spent convincing myself I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny)

There are few of us who are secure enough to be within love without proper encouragement - Charlotte Lucas

She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great a man.

She] is one of those young ladies who seek to recommend themselves to the other sex by undervaluing their own, and with many men, I dare say, it succeeds. But, in my opinion, it is a paltry device, a very mean art.

Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manner were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy

The colour which had been driven from her face, returned for half a minute with an additional glow, and a smile of delight added lustre to her eyes, as she thought for that space of time that his affection and wishes must still be unshaken. But she would not be secure.

That will just do for me, you know. I shall be sure to say three dull things as soon as ever I open my mouth, shan't I?

There is so much of gratitude or vanity in almost every attachment, that it is not safe to leave any to itself. We can all begin freely—a slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.

Why she did not like Jane Fairfax might be a difficult question to answer; Mr. Knightley had once told her it was because she saw in her the really accomplished young woman, which she wanted to be thought herself; and though the accusation had been eagerly refuted at the time, there were moments of self-examination in which her conscience could not quite acquit her.

How ill I have written. I begin to hate myself.

Even Elizabeth began to fear—not that Bingley was indifferent—but that his sisters would be successful in keeping him away. Unwilling as she was to admit an idea so destructive

There is so much of gratitude or vanity in almost every attachment, that it is not safe to leave any to itself.

Alcohol made me beautiful in a way I never felt the rest of the time.

All those years of beauty, of a wonderful figure, and all I could think was that I was never pretty enough, never slim enough, never quite good enough. What I would give to have those years back, to appreciate them more, to appreciate the life I had while I was living it.

No! Sally said. I didn't want you here in the first place. Why are you here? What do you want from me? Do you want to take my stuff? She snatched the tiara from her head and cradled it against her chest. Is that it? You think you can come here and help yourself to my pre- cious jewels? Get out of here! I can't stand you, Grace. 1 never could. Always whining, whining, whining. Why are you here? What do you want from me? You always

Jealousy is a horrible emotion, envy even worse.

Without constant clairvoyance on the part of every man and woman, existence on your plane would involve such inner, psychological insecurity that it would be completely unbearable. Individuals are always warned of disasters, so that the organism can prepare itself ahead of time. The day of death is known.

I dream about standing in the lunch line naked. It's always the lunch line in ninth grade. Nakedness dreams are very common. I suppose they are.

And at twelve, heading for adulthood, a child fears that the way she is at that moment is all she's ever going to be.

What's this outfit? You can't afford clothes? Are you wearing other peoples? Helen Plum

I wanted to tell you I....uh, like you. Shit. I chickened out! What was it with me that I couldn't say the big L word? I am such a dope. Morelli sighed into the phone. You are such a dope.