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Taylor Caldwell

Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell (September 7, 1900 – August 30, 1985) was an Anglo-American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction, also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and Max Reiner, and by her married name of J. Miriam Reback.

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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.

Atheism, Eternity, Ideas, Memories, Refuge

I have anonymously helped many thousands

Anonymously, Helped, Thousands

Are we not all desperate one way or another?

Desperate, One Way, Way

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.

Cook, Home, Man, Mean, Sad, Women

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

Heartless, Malice, Victim

Men who retain irony are not to be trusted. They can't always resist an impulse to tickle themselves.

Impulse, Irony, Men, Resist

You see, when a nation threatens another nation the people of the latter forget their factionalism, their local antagonisms, their political differences, their suspicions of each other, their religious hostilities, and band together as one unit. Leaders know that, and that is why so many of them whip up wars during periods of national crisis, or when the people become discontented and angry. This is the explanation of all wars, all racial and religious hatreds, all massacres, and all attempts at genocide.

Attempts, Differences, National, Religious, War

The world is a penal institution.

Institution, Institutions, Penal, World

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

Anywhere, California, Done, Ifs

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

Animal, Animals, Betrayal, Betrayed, Consciously, Like

Contrary to general opinion, women are not so sentimental as men, but are much more hardheaded.

Hardheaded, Men, Opinion, Sentimental

The American insanity for Loving Everybody is ruining my good temper and delivering my stomach to enormous bouts with acidity.

Delivering, Enormous, Everybody, Insanity, Loving, Stomach

The more wants a man has, the less freedom.

Freedom, Man, Men, Want

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

Men, Neighbor, Wise, Wisest

I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.

Afraid, Dentist, Except, World

If genetic memory or racial memory persists, is it possible that individual memory also exists from previous lives?

Memories, Individual, Previous Life, Memory, Previous

One, if one is sensible, blames government, not the servers of government, not those entangled in their governments.

Blame, Blames, Entangled, Government, Server

It is not always wise to appear singular.

Appear, Singular, Wise

I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions.

Ghost, Ghosts, Occasions, Seen, Thought

Mankind adores its betrayers, and murders its saviors.

Adore, Adores, Mankind, Murder, Murders

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