Phone Calls Quotes

“I don't like hello. It makes me sound like I have dementia, like I've never heard a phone ring before and I don't know what's supposed to happen next. Hello?”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months than we are loved by some of those who contact us every twelve or so days … or hours.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The person at the other end of the phone said something. Mr. Croup cringed.
"Oh. Yes, sir. Yes, indeed. And might I say how your telephonic confabulation brightens up and cheers our otherwise dreary and uneventful day?”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“Texting and phone calls, fireworks, blends, café au lait, and music. Yesterday's television. Work and beer. The neighbor's dog, or those strange flowers, the way it smells at Maisen. Those ordinary things I talk about with you. With you... I want to talk about love with you.”
― Tomoko Yamashita, 恋の話がしたい [Koi no Hanashi ga Shitai]

“He hadn't suffered the eternity of the ring about to be picked up, didn't know the heart rush of hearing that incomparable voice suddenly linked with his own, the sense it gave of being too close to even see her, of being actually inside her ear.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides

“She always imagined their voices entangled somewhere in the wires when they spoke, caught up in a grid she didn't fully understand, passing back and forth. Once the calls were disconnected, she imagined the echoes of old conversations would be trapped there, floating back and forth with no exit, like ghosts.”
― Lauren Oliver, Rooms

“Colonel Freeleigh?" said Douglas softly.

There was something in his silence that made them all shut up their mouths. They approached, almost on tiptoe.

Douglas, bent down, disengaged the phone from the old man's now quite cold fingers.
Douglas lifted the receiver to his own ear, listened. Above the static he heard a strange, a far, a final sound.

Two thousand miles away, the closing of a window.”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

“Then, of course, the telephone’s such a convenient thing; it just sits there and demands you call someone who doesn’t want to be called.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Golden Apples of the Sun

“because daytime leaves vampires less than, well, conscious, I told him, “Take your muffins to Boston and shut it, Terrance.” And then I hung up on him.”
― Molly Harper, Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors

“The dial tone sounded, freeing me from his questions for at least another week or so. It was difficult to tell when he’d call. After the first year, I’d worked out his pattern and stopped answering. A year later, he’d figured out that’s what I was doing and varied his calls.”
― Laura Greenwood, Fangs For Nothing

“You answered… don’t hang up” he doesn’t speak for a second so I take the time to correct him, “Hi Sorry, this is Eden… Ryan’s just a bit preoccupied right now” and then I realise what that must sound like "NOT LIKE THAT, his busy with his brother" I rush out before I can think of what I'm saying "OH MY GOD, not like that either”
― Sarah Clay, Never Enough

“May God or whoever else
spare you

the arms of bereavement
specialists--

grant mercy from the Team
dedicated to your transition

in this difficult time
yet who won't tell you

a thing & know far less.”
― Kevin Young, Book of Hours: Poems

“So don't you forget me, those memories we hold
Like water and time
We are written in sone...”
― Dustin Thao, You've Reached Sam

“Don’t let your phone calls, online chats, and other trivial activities manage you. You have to manage them because they don’t have the dreams to fulfill; you have the dreams.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Shaping the dream

“From the Fatwa and Rationalizatons Committee, on the Fifth Day of this Venerable Month:

In light of its meeting today, the Committee hereby announces this fatwa to the entire nation, to ward off civil strife and its evils, and preserve the country's integrity. To keep those of faith from succumbing to sin in the eyes of God Almighty, all believers must verify any news before giving it credence, and all those who make claims must substantiate their assertions with proof, lest they spread false allegations and therefore corruption. Believers shall not boycott their brothers, nor cause them to suffer financial or emotional distress, and shall not call upon others to take such actions, as this is one of the gravest sins, unless done in support of religion. A believer who is weak of faith, and does not join his brothers, is guilty of a sin, which shall be weighed on Judgment Day. This sin can be absolved by fasting, or by making seven consecutive phone calls, each one not separated by more than a month. Our Book pronounces this truth upon you. May God lead you to the path of righteousness, and may His peace, blessings, and mercy be upon you.”
― Basma Abdel Aziz

“Limmar Ponyets was completely a-lather when the call reached his receiver - which proves that the old bromide about telemessages and the bathtub holds true even in the dark, hard space of the Galactic Periphery.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“Anyway, maybe it's only somebody that just died and left you twenty million dollars. Maybe it isn't some other woman at all.”
― Dorothy Parker, Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker

“What's one small thing you could do today to better your life?" I will ask a woman who calls the helpline one afternoon, picking from a list the workshop leader provided. "If I could answer that question do you really think I'd be calling this stupid number?" the woman will say back.”
― Laura van den Berg, I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories

“Always state your whereabouts when talking to someone on the phone

This rule is specifically for dog owners when they’re out walking their dogs, and it’s included at my sister’s request. Apparently, she and I were talking on the phone one day but I neglected to mention that I was walking my dogs at the time. So when I shouted, ‘Gotta go, there’s a poo happening!’ and hung up, she had no idea the poo in question belonged to one of my dogs. Rather, she assumed I’d become some sort of chronic oversharer who liked to keep everyone apprised of my movements.”
― Kitty Flanagan, More Rules for Life: A special volume for enthusiasts