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. . . a statement that is repugnant to one's beliefs can be as true as one that is pleasurable.
Taylor Caldwell
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Taylor Caldwell
Age: 84 †
Born: 1900
Born: September 7
Died: 1985
Died: August 30
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Manchester
England
Marcus Holland
Max Reiner
Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell
Janet Miriam Reback
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I have been the victim of heartless malice.
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If a nation has not God that nation must fall, but if a nation has God then all the powers of evil, and all the armies, cannot shake its foundations no, not even if the whole world is arrayed against it.
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The world is a penal institution.
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Tel Aviv appeals to me.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it
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The more wants a man has, the less freedom.
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Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools.
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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.
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'He is very ugly,' said his mother.
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But what was a body? Dust, dung, urine, itches. It was the light within which was important, and it was not significant if that light endured after death, or if the soul was blinded eternally in the endless night of the suspired flesh.
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I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.
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The human race is not very admirable. It was a big mistake of God's.
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Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.
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Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
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My literary success meant nothing to me
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.
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