I don’t think young people are as demoralized as the media and government would like us to think. The obvious sign of that is how strong and how close personal connections are and how much people are able to build a life for themselves, despite all this stuff that’s been thrown at them.

You need to be ready to bat, whatever you are given; you have to take what is thrown at you.

I don’t want to be liked. I want to be respected. Because if you like me you can throw me away too quick. If you respect me, you may not even like what I was wearing, but you’ll say, I respect that.

Anaximander says that men were first produced in fishes, and when they were grown up and able to help themselves were thrown up, and so lived upon the land.

The furthest I have even thrown the ball was 85 yards. But I had a little wind at my back, so I don’t claim that one

Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.