I used to be bothered by who I was and what I was called, I considered myself a freak, a dangerous aberration. But I learned that was wrong. It was not what other people thought of me that mattered; it was what I thought of myself. If I allowed myself to be shaped by other people's opinions, I would become what they wished me to become.

The Talismans of Shannara, Terry Brooks

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