Quote of the day

"'There are such boys springing up amongst us - boys of a sort unknown in the last generation - the outcome of new views of life. They seem to see all its terrors before they are old enough to have staying power to resist them ... It is the beginning of the coming universal wish not to live.'"

A cheery observation courtesy of Jude in 'Jude The Obscure'. As Del said in a comment on this very site not long ago, how depressing Hardy's novels are.