"I am a light person. I think of myself with a shield, a protective shield around me. And I think of bad things bouncing off it. Boom, boom, boom, ba-boom, ba- boom!"
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The subtext is how much labor goes into seeming effortless. Models are paid to look unbothered, but the culture around them thrives on bothering: tabloids, comments, agency notes, “wellness” talk that’s often just policing. Brook’s language is deliberately childlike, even goofy, and that’s part of the defense. Humor here functions like a pressure valve, keeping the story in her hands. If you can narrate the negativity as slapstick, you don’t have to narrate it as harm.
Context matters: for women whose value is routinely appraised in public, “positivity” can be dismissed as fluff, yet it’s also a form of control. Brook isn’t offering spiritual advice; she’s describing an image-management technique that doubles as self-preservation. The shield is confidence, yes, but it’s also distance - a reminder that the harshest voices are often just noise, and noise can be bounced.
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| Topic | Resilience |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Brook, Kelly. (2026, January 16). I am a light person. I think of myself with a shield, a protective shield around me. And I think of bad things bouncing off it. Boom, boom, boom, ba-boom, ba- boom! FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-a-light-person-i-think-of-myself-with-a-117828/
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Brook, Kelly. "I am a light person. I think of myself with a shield, a protective shield around me. And I think of bad things bouncing off it. Boom, boom, boom, ba-boom, ba- boom!" FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-a-light-person-i-think-of-myself-with-a-117828/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I am a light person. I think of myself with a shield, a protective shield around me. And I think of bad things bouncing off it. Boom, boom, boom, ba-boom, ba- boom!" FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-a-light-person-i-think-of-myself-with-a-117828/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.







