Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Taylor Caldwell Novelist

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Sep 7, 1900
  • Died: Aug 30, 1985

Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell 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.

In her fiction, she often used real historical events or persons. Taylor Caldwell's best-known works include Dynasty of Death, Dear and Glorious Physician, and The Captains and the Kings. Her last major novel, Answer as a Man, appeared in 1980.

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

I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation. medical

People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite. death

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

It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves. money

Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death. death

My literary success meant nothing to me. success

My dreams are all follies. dreams

I've always enjoyed poor health. health

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

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