"I call my friends and I'm like, 'This made me feel upset; what do I do with this?' And they're like, 'Why do you pay attention to what other people think of you?' You just really can't. No matter how much you want to, these people either don't know you, or they're jealous, or they have their own agenda, or they're too insecure to be themselves. So they'll attack you. You have to just talk to your friends, talk to your mom, or if you don't have them around that moment, just say, 'You know what? I can handle it. It's fine. I can do this,' and just keep going. What else can you do?"
— Seventeen
"I don't know who said it, but it's 'What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?' So that's what I believe in. Because I can't fail, you know? I don't want to go back to where I started, even though it's a great story. So I'm just going to keep working hard."
— Paper
