Ash

“Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell.”
― Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

“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

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale