Edith Wharton Quotes

Imperfections would not be half so much taken notice of, if vanity did not make proclamation of them.

I can never tell what I'm doing when I'm in the middle of publication because I have no confidence. I have terrible self-esteem, along with boundless narcissism.

I'm curious by individuals that embrace half a story so they can justify how incomplete they feel about their own self worth.

Mirabelle is not affected by a man’s failures to approach her, as her own self-depreciating attitude never allows the idea that he would in the first place.

I've never had that concern of thinking of myself as stupid.

I have an inferiority complex, but it’s not a very good one.

Do I think well of myself, think myself a nice chap? WEll, I am afraid I sometimes do (and those are, no doubt, my worst moments).

...self-consciousness is a man's worst enemy.

Well, I'm clearly not ugly.

Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.

I was over-confident while growing up. I think when you look a certain way, you try and compensate by something else. I was always a strong child, was always confident, but looks never mattered to me.

I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.

I don't think I am narcissistic. I think I have low self-esteem.

No, I'm not good looking.

Some days I think I look kind of cute, but other days I try to avoid the mirror.

I had low self-esteem.

Go out and face the world secure in the knowledge that everybody else thinks they are better looking than they are as well.

Well, I don't think I'm good-looking... I know people who are good-looking, and I'm not good-looking.

I didn't want to be looked at. I remember when I was six or seven asking my mom why people were looking at me. She said, 'They're looking at you because you're a beautiful little girl.' But I didn't believe her. And yet I put myself in a business where people have to look at you. I think I learnt to block it out.

I don't look at myself as an attractive person.

People may see me as a luxurious star, but I am always thinking I can be represented by my psychological world that is fraught with vanity, loneliness, and always feels inadequate.

I feel like I'm the worst, so I always act like I'm the best.

Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own.

Seems like the only one who doesn't see your beauty is the face in the mirror looking back at you.

Vice knows she is ugly, so puts on her mask.