Jen

“You can only come to the morning through the shadows.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.”
― Betty Friedan

“In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King