[Storyteller.]

My pick is "but without the dark, we'd never see the stars". I prefer it to "stars can't shine without the darkness" because of the way I interpret it - the first option feels to me like "without difficult times, we may not realise how strong we are" while the second option feels more like "without difficult times, we can't actually be strong". I like to think that the stars are always shining, it's just that we don't notice it until it's dark. I'm not sure if that makes sense at all, I've tried to write this reply a few times but I haven't been able to find the right words to explain my point of view so feel free to ask for clarification/elaboration.