A small gold trophy on a bare round table beside an empty chair and a deflated silver balloon, in dark teal tones.

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Bette Midler

The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Success comes with an odd loneliness in this wry take. Getting there is supposedly the hard bit, yet the speaker says the real difficulty is finding anyone who is honestly glad about it. It hints at envy and awkwardness hiding behind congratulations, delivered with a comic sigh.

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