The Calico Cat Quotes

“I mean, can you tell me why we don't have a section in bookshops called men's fiction?”
― Amanda James, The Calico Cat

“Most people actively try to bury their differences and become like everyone else for fear of ridicule. They want to belong. They want to 'fit in'. They don't like to be singled out, have their differences scrutinised, put on microscope slides or in Petri dishes and poked by society. I on the other hand, rejoice in it. I don't want to belong if it means having to wrestle your individuality into a small space, paint it grey and make it... normal.”
― Amanda James, The Calico Cat

“Being different was good, I liked it and I wouldn't change myself for anyone. Not ever.”
― Amanda James, The Calico Cat

“I think sometimes the more people you tell about a deep feeling, the shallower it becomes.”
― Amanda James, The Calico Cat

“Pain and sorrow make up a person's character, not just the happiness and laughter.”
― Amanda James, The Calico Cat

“No matter how much you're enjoying your own life, when finding out about someone else's, you unexpectedly feel like theirs is more interesting.”
― Amanda James, The Calico Cat

“Does that mean that if a man opens a woman's fiction book, all the words will slide off the page in a swoon, or flutter a fan and scamper away in horror? Or perhaps the book will explode to ensure no manly eye can read what he's not supposed to?”
― Amanda James, The Calico Cat

“I think as a general rule people don't think or question enough. This leaves their brain more susceptible to the relentless dumbing-down process of the media and the desire of an individual to escape from the pressures of everyday life by drinking alcohol and watching mind-numbing 'reality' shows, soaps or perhaps endless sport.”
― Amanda James, The Calico Cat

“It was different for me because of my gender.”
― Amanda James, The Calico Cat

“How did you choose which country to be born into? Did you look at a map, or what?”
― Amanda James, The Calico Cat

“Other people's backgrounds and life stories don't really mean and awful lot to anyone but those people, do they? Not really. Of course, you can empathise and sympathise if necessary, but it's not your life, so you can't know what it was actually like for them.”
― Amanda James, The Calico Cat

“Why do we think as a society it's okay to describe people as if they are pieces of meat? Surely our personalities and souls are more important than physical attributes?”
― Amanda James, The Calico Cat