The novelist is more a marathon runner than long-distance runner and the kind of courage it takes working in such isolation cannot be underestimated. I really respect my fellow writers on this front. Tobsha Learner More Quotes by Tobsha Learner More Quotes From Tobsha Learner So many of man's actions appear to have no immediate consequence but, concealed, do their work until finally all catches up and forms a complex web of cause and effect. Tobsha Learner causes action men A man who denies his past is a man who truly denies himself a future, for he refuses to know himself, and to deny knowledge of oneself is to stumble through life as handicapped as the blind mute. Tobsha Learner blind men past Memory is a great deceiver: it embroiders until naught is left but the glory and the pleasure. Tobsha Learner pleasure glory memories Trust is won not given. Tobsha Learner trust given No, what Great Aunt Winifred was suffering from was the persecution every happily single woman suffers: the predictable social condemnation of her independence and childlessness. Dorothy reminded herself of what she'd learned during a university course on feminist history (with a strong Marxist slant): spinsters are a threat to patriarchy. Tobsha Learner aunt feminist strong Death strips all men of dignity. Tobsha Learner dignity men Intelligence is power; it is the flame behind the spark of intrigue. Find out all the facts and stamp out the fire. Demystify. Tobsha Learner sparks flames fire