“The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.”

—  Wendy Mass , book Every Soul a Star

Variant: As long as you know who you are, and see what makes you happy, it doesn't matte how others see you
Source: Every Soul a Star

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American children's writer 1967

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