Kate

“My child, the troubles and temptations of your life are beginning, and may be many; but you can overcome and outlive them all if you learn to feel the strength and tenderness of your Heavenly Father as you do that of your earthly one. The more you love and trust Him, the nearer you will feel to Him, and the less you will depend on human power and wisdom. His love and care never tire or change, can never be taken from you, but may become the source of lifelong peace, happiness, and strength. Believe this heartily, and go to God with all your little cares, and hopes, and sins, and sorrows, as freely and confidingly as you come to your mother.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.”
― Lao Tzu

“Never has such a thing happened in my time!" [Mr. Butterbur] cried, raising his hands in horror. "Guests unable to sleep in their beds, and good bolsters ruined and all! What are we coming to?"

"Dark times," said Strider.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“You do make me feel uncomfortable and lonesome, Strider!" [Sam] said.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring