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Writing — I exist only for that. It’s the most important thing in my life.

— Taylor Caldwell The Captains, the Kings, and Taylor Caldwell (1978)

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Man’s ideas change, but not his inherent nature.

On Growing Up Tough (1970)

This is the explanation of all wars, all racial and religious hatreds, all massacres, and all attempts at genocide.

The Devil's Advocate (1952)

The ancient traditions entertain the possibility of the eventual remorse of the spirit of Evil and its reconciliation with God. Who is to say?

Dialouges with the Devil (1967)

A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.

The Devil's Advocate (1952)

The American insanity for Loving Everybody is ruining my good temper and delivering my stomach to enormous bouts with acidity.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

Strength of creative writing lies in the skill of handling words and articulating artistic expression of feelings.”

Suman Pokhrel

The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

Robert Benchley

Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.

William Wordsworth Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

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