35 quotes found
“One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit.”
“Insecurity is the worst sense that lovers feel: sometimes the most humdrum desireless marriage seems better. Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust.”
“Women's work, married or unmarried, is menial and low paid. Women's right to possess property is curtailed, more if they are married. How can marriage provide security? In any case a husband is a p...”
“You can speak truth to power, . . . but when you speak truth to weakness, weakness gets mad and queasy. It accuses you of its own insecurity.""The Off Season: A Victorian Sequel”
“All writers are insecure, the male ones especially. It's well known. Why else would they spend so much time on make-believe? They're only happy in their imaginary worlds, because that's where they'...”
“Give me your hand," Alice said, barely a whisper.Bones held out his hand tentatively. She took it and placed it on her heart over her left breast. So small. So delicate. She didn't move. He didn't ...”
“The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone elses highlight reel.”
“What could he be thinking of? He seemed to be trying to remember something, perhaps an engagement, perhaps an excuse to leave her. For eventually, they all made some excuse.”
“When youve spent your whole life not being good enough, it takes time to let yourself believe that you finally are. Self-worth isnt a switch that flips inside you. Its a daily struggle not to sabot...”
“We're going to have to let truth scream louder to our souls than the lies that have infected us.”
“Insecurity is lack of self love. When your fountain of self love is alive, you will be one with people.”
“I'm not insecure. I've been through way too much f**king sh*t to be insecure. I've got huge balls. But I've been humbled. That makes you grateful for every day you have.”
“The hardest period in life is ones twenties. Its a shame because youre your most gorgeous, and youre physically in peak condition. But its actually when youre most insecure and full of self-doubt. ...”
“Pride is a by-product of insecurity. And the more insecure a person is, the more monuments they need to build.There is a fine line between 'Thy kingdom come' and 'my kingdom come.' If you cross the...”
“If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.”
“I scrupulously hide every legitimate reason for people to hate me, and it turns out they dont need legitimate reasons. Heaven has fashioned a knife of irony to stab me with.”
“I hate the thought that I'm just some kind of Russian nesting doll with the big outside and inevitably, rattling around under all the layers, a crude little peg with a face is the truth of me.”
“There's no room in perfection for insecurity.”
“I was that stupid, I realized. I was also stupid enough not to realize that sometimes even the most beautiful souls need to be shown love once in a while.”
“Behind closed doors, we're all the fat uncool kid.”
