Taylor Caldwell quotes

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)
The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall. View quote
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I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other. View quote
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It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness. View quote
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I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life. View quote
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I shudder at the very thought of being born again into this world. Life to me... has been a monstrous, painful, agonizing affair, and the idea of repeating such an existence - even if better in a way - is horrifying to me.... I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it. View quote
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A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government. View quote
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There is no solid satisfaction in any career for a woman like myself. There is no home, no true freedom, no hope, no joy, no expectation for tomorrow, no contentment. I would rather cook a meal for a man and bring him his slippers and feel myself in the protection of his arms than have all the citations and awards and honors I have received worldwide, including the Ribbon of Legion of Honor and my property and my bank accounts. They mean nothing to me. And I am only one among the millions of sad women like myself. View quote
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It is a stern fact of history that no nation that rushed to the abyss ever turned back. Not ever, in the long history of the world. We are now on the edge of the abyss. Can we, for the first time in history, turn back? It is up to you. View quote
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The American insanity for Loving Everybody is ruining my good temper and delivering my stomach to enormous bouts with acidity. View quote
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves. (Taylor Caldwell)
I have been the victim of heartless malice. View quote
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My literary success meant nothing to me. View quote
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death. View quote
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If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere. View quote
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Character, I am sure, lies in the genes. View quote
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I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted. View quote
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Money? I lost all taste for it. View quote
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I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions. View quote
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I've always enjoyed poor health. View quote
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My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth. (Taylor Caldwell)
Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it. View quote
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I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty. View quote
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I am the skeptic of skeptics. View quote
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Are we not all desperate one way or another? View quote
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