Kalafat Quotes & Sayings

Ever since the field of biology emerged in the United States and Europe at the start of the nineteenth century, it has been bound up in debates over sexual, racial, and national politics. And as our social viewpoints have shifted, so has the science of the body. — Anne Fausto-Sterling

Problems are like top trumps. I have a pretty good card: Adulterous Mum. But Jordana's is still better: Tumour Mother. — Joe Dunthorne

Play before you get good, because by the time you get good, you're too old to play — Joey Ramone

My only memories of school are of being beaten, of being hit in the playground, of masters poking their fingers in my chest all day. — Michael Gambon

Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the vagueness of greatness about it. — Amelia Barr

What if I am a curse?" "Then you're the prettiest and nicest curse I know. — V.C. Andrews

Histories used often to be stories: the fashion now is to leave out the story. Our histories are stall-fed: the facts are absorbed by the reflexions, as the meat is sometimes by the fat. — Augustus William Hare

I don't really read children's books or deal with children's books, so I don't have any relationship with them other than my own. — Michael Ian Black