I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.
About Taylor Caldwell
Janet Miriam Caldwellwas a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction under the pen names Taylor Caldwell, Marcus Holland and Max Reiner. She was also known by a variation of her married name, J. Miriam Reback.
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Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
American novelist (1900-1985)
Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
American novelist (1900-1985)
My childhood was appalling.
American novelist (1900-1985)
Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world.
American novelist (1900-1985)
It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions.
American novelist (1900-1985)
Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life’s greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.
American novelist (1900-1985)
If genetic memory or racial memory persists, is it possible that individual memory also exists from previous lives?
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Money? I lost all taste for it.
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I have been the victim of heartless malice.
American novelist (1900-1985)
The feeble soul merely whines and complains.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I’ve always enjoyed poor health.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation.
American novelist (1900-1985)
The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I am the skeptic of skeptics.
American novelist (1900-1985)
Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.
American novelist (1900-1985)
Women’s Lib? I couldn’t stand it.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I’m not that interested in people.
American novelist (1900-1985)
My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer.
American novelist (1900-1985)
If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.
American novelist (1900-1985)
My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.
American novelist (1900-1985)
Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.
American novelist (1900-1985)
No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me.
American novelist (1900-1985)
My literary success meant nothing to me.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I have anonymously helped many thousands.
American novelist (1900-1985)
The world is a penal institution.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.
American novelist (1900-1985)
One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that he had been born and had lived in India.
American novelist (1900-1985)
Tel Aviv appeals to me.
American novelist (1900-1985)
The stalwart soul has the will to live and is eager for the race.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions.
American novelist (1900-1985)
Are we not all desperate one way or another?
American novelist (1900-1985)
The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don’t betray each other.
American novelist (1900-1985)
In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I will know him by his eyes.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I am a Westerner of Westerners!
American novelist (1900-1985)
My dreams are all follies.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I converse with my dog through ESP.
American novelist (1900-1985)
It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
American novelist (1900-1985)
At 8, I made a pact with God.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I often reread books I have written.
American novelist (1900-1985)
People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.
American novelist (1900-1985)
If they can’t do it in California, it can’t be done anywhere.
American novelist (1900-1985)
Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools.
American novelist (1900-1985)
I will ge glad to have done with this life forever.
American novelist (1900-1985)