lack of validation Quotes

I wasn't supported, I wasn't given any self-esteem.

Morgan sighed. "I," she announced, "am so pathetic." "You are not," I said. "I am." She went over and straightened the cling wrap, corner to corner. "Do you know how many times I've brought in devilled eggs? This is, like, the only time I haven't been sobbing and that's only 'cause I cried all night. And Norman," she said, her voice rising to a wail, "sweet Norman, always just acts so surprised to see the eggs, and pleased, and he never, once, has ever acted like he knew what they meant."

I'm not really often recognized - not really. Or if I am, nobody cares enough to come and tell me that they recognize me.

No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment.

That's the worst thing for an actor: when you say to someone, "Yeah, I was in that movie," and they say, "You were?"

My writing has always been met with derision or dismissal.

Honestly, not being well received makes me feel very vulnerable. Not being included or regarded highly enough makes me crazy.

It’s just … everything. There are too many people. And I don’t fit in. I don’t know how to be. Nothing that I’m good at is the sort of thing that matters there. Being smart doesn’t matter—and being good with words. And when those things do matter, it’s only because people want something from me. Not because they want me.