| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 9ed917c | He wanted pure compliments, just as he wanted unconditional love. | happy love insecure line-of-beauty insecurity sad | Alan Hollinghurst | |
| 036e2f0 | She had a strong, if erroneous, conviction of her own futility, and wished she had never come out of her backwater, where nothing happened except art and literature, and where no one ever got married or succeeded in remaining engaged. | futility self-doubt howards-end insecure out-of-place society | E.M. Forster | |
| a1c8df0 | Normally, I am a little insecure about myself without a shirt on, as my days of being attractive are now behind me. | insecure | Rick Moody |