Taylor Caldwell

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

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

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

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

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

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.