Taylor Caldwell Quotes

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.
Taylor Caldwell

It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
Taylor Caldwell

Money, Help, Show

In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
Taylor Caldwell

Sleep, Living, Fortune

I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.
Taylor Caldwell

Life, Betrayed, Deceived

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.
Taylor Caldwell

Life, Learning, Greatest

I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions.
Taylor Caldwell

Life, Happy, Days

I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.
Taylor Caldwell

Afraid, Except, Dentist

Are we not all desperate one way or another?
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Another, Desperate

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.
Taylor Caldwell

Nature, Human, Rebel

The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.
Taylor Caldwell

Arrogance, Fall, Hands

Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools.
Taylor Caldwell

Happy, Lives, Silly

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.
Taylor Caldwell

Giving, Explain, Phenomenon

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
Taylor Caldwell

Poverty, Horror

I have been the victim of heartless malice.
Taylor Caldwell

Victim, Malice, Heartless

People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.
Taylor Caldwell

Death, Dying, Scared

The feeble soul merely whines and complains.
Taylor Caldwell

Soul, Complains, Feeble

At 8, I made a pact with God.
Taylor Caldwell

Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
Taylor Caldwell

Character, Sure, Lies

Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end.
Taylor Caldwell

Life, Time, End

I am a Westerner of Westerners!
Taylor Caldwell

Westerners, Westerner

I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world.
Taylor Caldwell

Happiness, Exist, Convinced

I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul.
Taylor Caldwell

Soul, Convinced

I am the skeptic of skeptics.
Taylor Caldwell

Skeptic, Skeptics

I converse with my dog through ESP.
Taylor Caldwell

Through, Dog, Converse

I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
Taylor Caldwell

Forward, Sure, Oblivion

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 7, 1900

Died: August 30, 1985

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