Quotes from Taylor Caldwell

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

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

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

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

My childhood was appalling.

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

No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me

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

Money? I lost all taste for it.

'He is very ugly,' said his mother.

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

At 8, I made a pact with God.

God's 'failures' are really man's failures.

The human race is not very admirable. It was a big mistake of God's.

If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me

A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.

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

I've always enjoyed poor health

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

Freedom was given to humanity by God. But, governments, if they can help it, never give freedom. They just hand out slavery with slogans.

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

I converse with my dog through ESP.

Are we not all desperate one way or another?

I will know him by his eyes.