I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation.
- Taylor Caldwell
Medical, Never, Studied, Operation
The feeble soul merely whines and complains.
- Taylor Caldwell
Soul, Feeble, Merely, Complains
Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools.
- Taylor Caldwell
Happy, Silly, Lives, Claim
It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.
- Taylor Caldwell
Nature, Rebel, Ordinariness, Obscurity
Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.
- Taylor Caldwell
Ambition, Fire, Souls, Obscurity
The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.
- Taylor Caldwell
Hands, Rome, Controlled, Tempered
I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.
- Taylor Caldwell
Work, Education, Goal, Deviate
My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer.
- Taylor Caldwell
Used, Being, Talked, Relatives
I have anonymously helped many thousands.
- Taylor Caldwell
Helped, Many, Thousands, Anonymously
I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.
- Taylor Caldwell
Pet, Other, Like, Betray
I have been the victim of heartless malice.
- Taylor Caldwell
Victim, Been, Heartless, Malice
No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me.
- Taylor Caldwell
Genius, Been, Ever, Stature
My childhood was appalling.
- Taylor Caldwell
Childhood, Appalling
The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
- Taylor Caldwell
Eternity, Very, Took, Devastated
People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.
- Taylor Caldwell
Death, I Am, Dying, Scared
I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
- Taylor Caldwell
Forward, Sure, Must, Oblivion
I converse with my dog through ESP.
- Taylor Caldwell
Dog, Through, Converse
Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
- Taylor Caldwell
Death, Doubts, Though, Professing
In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
- Taylor Caldwell
Sleep, Living, Prey, Outrageous
I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.
- Taylor Caldwell
World, Never, Afraid, Dentist
At 8, I made a pact with God.
- Taylor Caldwell
God, Made, Pact
Tel Aviv appeals to me.
- Taylor Caldwell
Me, Appeals
I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions.
- Taylor Caldwell
Happy, My Life, Turned, Illusions
My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.
- Taylor Caldwell
My Life, Been, Tragic, Disastrous
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, Learned, Excitement
It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
- Taylor Caldwell
Money, Help, Waste, No Desire
I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul.
- Taylor Caldwell
I Am, Soul, Convinced, Such A Thing
If genetic memory or racial memory persists, is it possible that individual memory also exists from previous lives?
- Taylor Caldwell
Memory, Individual, Genetic, Persists
I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.
- Taylor Caldwell
My Life, Deceived, Been, All My Life
Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
- Taylor Caldwell
Women, Stand, Lib
The world is a penal institution.
- Taylor Caldwell
World, Institution
I am the skeptic of skeptics.
- Taylor Caldwell
I Am, Am, Skeptic
My dreams are all follies.
- Taylor Caldwell
Dreams, Follies
One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that he had been born and had lived in India.
- Taylor Caldwell
Born, Been, Had, Insist
Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.
- Taylor Caldwell
Explain, Does, Phenomenon, Label
Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end.
- Taylor Caldwell
Life, Without, Gods, Inflict
I've always enjoyed poor health.
- Taylor Caldwell
Health, Poor, Always, Poor Health
I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions.
- Taylor Caldwell
Thought, Ghosts, Many, Occasions
I will ge glad to have done with this life forever.
- Taylor Caldwell
Will, Forever, Done, Glad
I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
- Taylor Caldwell
Always, Horror, Had, Poverty
Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.
- Taylor Caldwell
Alone, Christmas, Never, Message
The stalwart soul has the will to live and is eager for the race.
- Taylor Caldwell
Soul, Will, Race, Eager
I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.
- Taylor Caldwell
Money, Never, Wanted, Grim
Are we not all desperate one way or another?
- Taylor Caldwell
Way, Desperate, Another, One Way
If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere.
- Taylor Caldwell
Done, Anywhere, California
I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world.
- Taylor Caldwell
I Am, World, Exist, Deeply
If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me.
- Taylor Caldwell
Me, Particularly, Then, Harsh
Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
- Taylor Caldwell
Character, I Am, Sure, Lies
Money? I lost all taste for it.
- Taylor Caldwell
Money, Lost, Taste
My literary success meant nothing to me.
- Taylor Caldwell
Success, Nothing, Meant, Literary
I am a Westerner of Westerners!
- Taylor Caldwell
I Am, Am, Westerner
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