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

Quote by Taylor Caldwell

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I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions.

I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions.

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.

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.

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.

My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.

My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.

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...

I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out...

I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out...

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...

No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that...

No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that...

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

My dreams are all follies.

My dreams are all follies.

Are we not all desperate one way or another?

Are we not all desperate one way or another?

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

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

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

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...

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

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

I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.

I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.

My childhood was appalling.

My childhood was appalling.

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

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

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

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