A brass balance scale holding a gray cube on one pan and a pink cloud on the other against a teal background.

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Ann Brashares

The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Got that?

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker says the difficulty itself matters less than the outlook brought to it. Trouble may be fixable, but how someone chooses to regard it shapes what they can do about it. The closing "Got that?" gives the line a brisk, slightly bossy, teaching edge.

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