Nikki

“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“No one is useless in this world,' retorted the Secretary, 'who lightens the burden of it for any one else.”
― Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

“People are gonna tell you who you are your whole life. You’ve just gotta punch back and say ‘no, this is who I am’. You want people to look at you differently, make them. You want to change things, you’re gonna have to go out there and change them yourself because there are no fairy godmothers in this world.”
― Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz

“He believed that most people, when given the choice, would do what was right, even when it was hard, and he believed that good almost always triumphed over evil. He wasn’t naive, though. “Trust people,” he would tell me, “until they give you a reason not to. And then never turn your back.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Longest Ride