That sometimes human beings have to just sit in one place and, like, hurt. That you will become way less concerned with what other people think of yo… - David Foster Wallace

You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.

You’ll stop worrying what others think about you when you realize how seldom they do.

You'll worry less about what people think about you when you realize how seldom they do.

That you will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.

This, according to the fellows who saw me as fit for a Service career, put me ahead of the curve, to understand this truth at an age when most guys are starting only to suspect the basics of adulthood — that life owes you nothing; that suffering takes many forms; that no one will ever care for you as your mother did; that the human heart is a chump.

I'm screaming for help and everybody's acting as if I'm singing Ethel Merman covers...

Here is how to handle being a feral prodigy.