“I was very fierce and very driven at eighteen. But my basic philosophy I think has stayed the same, I'm still an atheist, I still believe strongly in the power of free will (despite the mysticism in my prose). I don't believe in the notion of a pre-ordained destiny, and I think because of the sudden death of my father at sixteen I learnt then that it is essential to live life to the fullest as it could be snatched away at any second.” ThinkingBelieveStillsPhilosophyFatherDestinyEssentialsNotionDon't BelieveAtheistDrivenDespiteLive LifeProseMysticismFree WillFierceEighteenSixteenI Still BelieveLive Life To The FullestSudden Death Author:Tobsha Learner
“I believe the alphabet is no longer considered an essential piece of equipment for traveling through life. In my day it was the keystone to knowledge. You learned the alphabet as you learned to count to ten, as you learned "Now I lay me" and the Lord's Prayer and your father's and mother's name and address and telephone number, all in case you were lost.” BelieveMotherFatherNamesLostI BelievePrayerNumbersLordKnowledgeCasesPiecesTenEssentialsLaysAddressesEquipmentTelephonesAlphabetKeystones Book:One Writer's Beginnings Source: One Writer's Beginnings
“The protection of a ten-year-old girl from her father's advances is a necessary condition of social order, but the protection of the father from temptation is a necessary condition of his continued social adjustment. The protections that are built up in the child against desire for the parent become the essential counterpart to the attitudes in the parent that protect the child.” YearsChildrenDesireOrderGirlFatherSocialParentAttitudeConditionsProtectTenEssentialsBuiltProtectionTemptationAdjustmentSocial OrderCounterparts Book:Male and female: a study of the sexes in a changing world Source: Male and female: a study of the sexes in a changing world