“Women will risk their lives to protect children, but rarely risk their lives to protect an adult man.”

“No one deserves brutality because of what they are, their condition of birth, including being born female; and the women in this book are not asking for it— instead they are risking as much as any man risks to live, to love.”

“The real heroes are scientists who are protecting humans from deadly bacteria and viruses, astronomers and planetary defense teams who are watching the sky for Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), police and firefighters who risk their lives to protect people, teachers who toil to educate their students, parents who make sacrifices for their children, and volunteers who devote their time and energy to serve others.”

“Too many adults wish to 'protect' teenagers when they should be stimulating them to read of life as it is lived.”

“Life is security and daring,/ Life is protection and risk,/ Life is openness and closure,/ It is safety and adventure.”

“It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.”

“Truly living required risk.”

“The more a man is trained to “be a man,” the more he is trained to protect women and children, not hurt women and children. He is trained to volunteer to die before even a stranger is hurt – especially a woman or child.”

“Financial services are the lifeblood of an economy, enabling households and businesses alike to save, invest, and protect themselves against risk.”

“I belong to a generation that didn't expect to be protected from every danger. We knew the risks and took them anyway.”