Taylor Caldwell Quotes

I didn't have a childhood.

I was in a terrible mess in my childhood.

I never had a true childhood.

I've seen the hell these people go through.

I had a very difficult upbringing.

I didn't have a childhood.

There is nothing the government has not done to me. There isn't any pain I haven't known.

But I'm very thankful that no one is slamming my head against the wall anymore.

It's true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger.

Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses.

I came from a place where there wasn't a lot of joy.

Ghettos and barrios and abusive homes and trauma wards may produce scarred souls; they can cripple more human spirits than they strengthen.

The word 'suffering' is not in my vocabulary.

No one has ever suffered from his people as I have.

There's always pain around. That's one thing you can guarantee in life - there will always be a surplus of pain.

I would not give my first 15 years to my worst enemy.

If we take a hard look at what poverty is, its nature, it's not pretty - it's full of trauma.

People don't know what pain is until they suffer.

That's what 'Hell On Earth' was about: we felt that we were living in hell.

For 30 years, I lived in pure hell.

I had a very rough upbringing.

I got beat up my whole life.

I've suffered through the worst possible conditions.

Length of days with an evil heart is only length of misery.

Born down in a dead man's town, The first kick I took was when I hit the ground, You end up like a dog that's been beat too much, Till you spend half your life just covering up...