Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell

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My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.

My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.

Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools.

Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools.

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

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

My childhood was appalling.

My childhood was appalling.

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

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

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

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

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed...

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed...

Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without...

Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without...

In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey...

In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey...

I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.

I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.

The world is a penal institution.

The world is a penal institution.

I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.

I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.

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

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

Are we not all desperate one way or another?

Are we not all desperate one way or another?

My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer.

My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer.

I am the skeptic of skeptics.

I am the skeptic of skeptics.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival...

Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival...

I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul.

I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul.

I will know him by his eyes.

I will know him by his eyes.