At 8, I made a pact with God. Taylor Caldwell More Quotes by Taylor Caldwell More Quotes From Taylor Caldwell It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness. Taylor Caldwell obscurityrebelhuman-nature The more wants a man has, the less freedom. Taylor Caldwell wantmen People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance. Taylor Caldwell government-welfarelibertarianpeople Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death. Taylor Caldwell catholicpersonalitydoubt If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me Taylor Caldwell if-there-is-a-godharshifs It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves. Taylor Caldwell insightfulmoneydesire Man was the outlaw, the rebel, the distorted shape that scarred the earth, the voice that silenced the music of Eden, the hand that raised up obscenities and blasphemies. Man was the pariah-dog, the moral leper in this translucent mirror of Heaven. He was the muddier of crystal waters, the despoiler of forests, the murderer of the innocent, the challenger against God. He was the assassin of the saints and the prophets, for they spoke of what he WOULD NOT HEAR, in the darkness of his spirit! Taylor Caldwell voicedogmen The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall. Taylor Caldwell warpeacefall We are not old unless we desire to be. Taylor Caldwell desirebeauty God's 'failures' are really man's failures. Taylor Caldwell men I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist. Taylor Caldwell dentistworld If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere. Taylor Caldwell californiadoneifs The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism. Taylor Caldwell atheismmemoriesideas No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me Taylor Caldwell geniusdoemen Reading, not just an escape, but an exercise in living. Taylor Caldwell readingexercise People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite. Taylor Caldwell dyingoppositespeople Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end. Taylor Caldwell endshumanity I am a Westerner of Westerners! Taylor Caldwell westerners I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions. Taylor Caldwell occasionsghost . . . a statement that is repugnant to one's beliefs can be as true as one that is pleasurable. Taylor Caldwell statementsbelief
