Quotes about Insecurity

My problem on 'Safe' was that when I liked something, I would giggle.

I was still afraid to sing in front of people before 'Glee.'

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

I try as hard as I know how to keep my reader relating on a broad level so I don't lead her someplace where she thinks that's the only thing that could cause insecurity.

There was a point in school when I was, like, thirteen, that I didn't feel comfortable at all.

You want the praise of people who kick themselves every 15 minutes. The praise of people who despise themselves?

Tell me, Elly Kleinman, why do men feel threatened by women?

Their youngness is terrifying. How could I have put myself into the hands of such inexperience?

Jimmy found himself wishing to make a dent in Crake, get a reaction; it was one of his weaknesses, to care what other people thought of him.

Now I wanted to be acknowledged, but I feared it.

It's simple,' Kat told them. 'You bombard them with images of what they ought to be, and you make them feel grotty for being the way they are. You're working with the gap between reality and perception. That's why you have to hit them with something new, something they've never seen before, something they aren't. Nothing sells like anxiety.

I avoid looking down at my body, not so much because it's shameful or immodest but because I don't want to see it. I don't want to look at something that determines me so completely.   I