Vikki

“There was a birthday present waiting to be read, a boxed set of the Narnia books, which I took upstairs. I lay on the bed and lost myself in the stories. I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyway.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.”
― Carl Sandburg

“I don’t think it's weak to admit you made a mistake. That takes strength, if you ask me.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Long Earth

“Early on the morning of November 9, when it came time to decide on what I’d say in my concession speech, I remembered those words. Inspired by them, I wrote these: “To all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams.”
― Hillary Rodham Clinton, What Happened