“You’ve got to look at life clearly. No rose-colored glasses. The human race is not very admirable. It was a big mistake of God’s... The more I see of people, the more bitter I become. I think I appeal to readers because there’s nothing false or hypocritical in what I write. And they recognize themselves, and recognize their fears. And they know what bastards they are.”

— Taylor Caldwell

1970s-, The Captains, the Kings, and Taylor Caldwell (1978)

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Novelist 1900–1985

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