Taylor Caldwell

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

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

I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.

I didn't want to be known. People say, 'I didn't want to toil in obscurity.' I like toiling in obscurity.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down. We either save this country or we do not.