129 Quotes by Taylor Caldwell

We all feel inadequate very often. It’s only when it gets chronic that it is disturbing to one’s emotions and can get out of hand and make you pretty damn miserable.

Republics never survive, for their people do not like freedom but prefer to be led and guided and flattered and seduced into slavery by a benevolent, or not so, benevolent despot. They want to worship Caesar. So, American republicanism will inevitably die and become a democracy, and then decline, as Aristotle said into a despotism.

Umdia, ele disse ao pequeno Marco que a semente da uva era a profecia da vinha,das próprias uvas, e finalmente do vinho que daria prazer e alívio à alma,inspirando-a com uma sabedoria além da que podería conhecer um homemabstêmio e sóbrio.

El hombre siempre tuvo una mente torcida y se pregunta mil porqués, dándose mil respuestas.

But the people in the old country love their children. We have big families, and by the time a child is a year old he knows where he fits in the family and what he should do and what he shouldn't do. He knows his parents love him but that they're not going to stand for any nonsense and tantrums. So he is satisfied and feels safe. American children never feel safe." -The Listener

I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.

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

Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.

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