Taylor Caldwell Quotes - Page 3

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

Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.

The stalwart soul has the will to live and is eager for the race.

'He is very ugly,' said his mother.

I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation

If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere.

. . . a statement that is repugnant to one's beliefs can be as true as one that is pleasurable.

The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls

One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that he had been born and had lived in India

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions.

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

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

The feeble soul merely whines and complains.

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

My dreams are all follies.

Tel Aviv appeals to me.

I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.

My literary success meant nothing to me

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

My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.

Money? I lost all taste for it.

My childhood was appalling.