My childhood was appalling.

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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.

The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should...

The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should...

Money? I lost all taste for it.

Money? I lost all taste for it.

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

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 have anonymously helped many thousands.

I have anonymously helped many thousands.

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...

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that...

One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that...

If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me.

If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.

I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.

Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.

Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.

My literary success meant nothing to me.

My literary success meant nothing to me.

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

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

The feeble soul merely whines and complains.

The feeble soul merely whines and complains.

I will know him by his eyes.

I will know him by his eyes.

The stalwart soul has the will to live and is eager for the race.

The stalwart soul has the will to live and is eager for the race.

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.