Quotes About Insecurity

Fame is like a suffocating castle sieged by the enemy.

Lake is jealous of mountain; mountain is jealous of lake!

Suspicion is the greatest enemy of love whether it is true or not.

The more coward you are, the bigger your castle is!

You can't create an ocean with a single drop. But you can create an ocean of suspicion with a single drop of doubt.

We spend our lives hiding deep inside ourselves in paralyzing fear that someone might see us as we really are, or worse: We might see ourselves.

Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.

but she seemed to be made more of nerves than muscle and was always clutching at herself mentally, starting at shadows of thoughts that crept up on her.

I used to tell your mother she looked like Sophia Lauren." He looks at me, frowning, and then it registers. "Oh God, some guy's using that line on you, isn't he?" "Not just 'some guy'." I tell him. "The guy.

Do you think I don't want him to be gone more than you do? I do. Because I need to know that I can still breathe properly when he's not around. If something happens to him, I have to know that I won't fall apart...

Girls under the age of fourteen are the most frightening creatures I have ever come across.

Because people with that much spirit frighten the hell out of me. They make me want to be a better person when I know it's not possible.

So between you and me," I tell Justine on the phone that night, "we're either bitchy or stupid." "Oh God," she moans. "Everyone thinks I'm an idiot." "Thanks!

Because being so dependent on people scares me.

Those full of fear were the most dangerous of people.

I'm frightened that one morning there will not be enough to keep me going.

I'd like to think I'm Elizabeth, but deep down I think I'm the one whose name no one can remember. Not Lydia the slut or Mary the nerd or Jane the beauty or Elizabeth the opinionated. I'm the second-youngest. The forgotten one. - Francesca Spinelli

When a woman has not received much flattery in her life, she will be seduced.

It's how they've stayed popular for so long. By not doing anything that will make them look like fools. They never leave home without their safety nets and I think, good for them, but the thing with safety nets is this. I got tangled in them so many times and the Stella girls always seemed to leave me dangling, upside down, to the point where I almost couldn't breathe anymore.

Who do you hang out with?" Natalia asks, looking over my shoulder. She's always done that. Wherever you are, whoever you are, she'll always look over your shoulder to see if there's someone more exciting to speak to. It used to make me feel paranoid.

Hold my hand,' she said, sobbing against him. "Hold my hand because I might disappear

I see the look on her face that says nothing can happen to her if she's holding on to her dad. It kills me to hate them so much for having that.

Get over it, I want to tell myself. He's just a gawky guy with a cowlick, not some stud.

Because who they were had always been determined by him