Phones Quotes - Page 36

• Of course, the underlying structure of everything in England is posh. There is no in-between with these people. You have to walk a mile to find a telephone booth, but when you find it, it is built as if the senseless dynamiting of pay phones had been a serious problem at some time in the past. And a British mailbox can presumably stop a German tank.

  Neal Stephenson

  Past, People, Tanks

  "Cryptonomicon". Book by Neal Stephenson, 1999.

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• It was so big, that view. I’ll never remember it properly. How can anyone remember something that big? I don’t think people’s brains are designed for memories like that. They’re designed for things like phone numbers, or the color of someone’s hair. Not hugeness.

  Lucy Christopher

  Memories, Thinking, Hair

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• I hear women are posting their phone numbers on the site for you.” Accompanied by sexy videos and photos. Judd’s eyes gleamed. “Not after Brenna hacked the site and plastered a message on their homepage pointing out that I’m very happily mated to a wolf with sharp teeth, razored claws, and a wild case of insane jealousy.” A small smile that was nonetheless, quietly satisfied. “She also uploaded several gruesome photos of feral wolf kills.

  Nalini Singh

  Sexy, Eye, Numbers

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Tangle of Need: A Psy-Changeling Novel”, p.76, Penguin

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• When did the cell phone become a license to be rude? And why must I be subjected to your personal conversations?

  Jen Lancaster

  Cells, Rude, Cell Phone

  Jen Lancaster (2007). “Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?”, p.39, Penguin

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• Alec looked down at the shattered pieces in disbelief. “You BROKE my PHONE.” Jace shrugged. “Guys don’t let other guys keep calling other guys. Okay, that came out wrong. Friends don’t let friends keep calling their exes and hanging up. Seriously. You have to stop.” Alec looked furious. “So you broke my brand new phone? Thanks a lot.” Jace smiled serenely and lay back on the grass. “You’re welcome.

  Cassandra Clare

  Guy, Calling, Pieces

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Heavenly Fire”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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• Kat bought a New York Times but couldn’t figure out how to operate it, so now she’s fiddling with her phone.

  Robin Sloan

  New York, Figures, New York Times

  Robin Sloan (2012). “Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore”, p.81, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• i have never had anybody talk to me like this. this is not a flirty sixth-grade phone call or bantering with friends or words passed in a note. i feel that if my soul could talk it would talk like this.

  David Levithan

  Flirty, Soul, Phone Calls

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• I tilted my chin up a fraction. "You can't f-force me to stay here." I'd only agreed to come this far because I didn't want to stand out in the downpour, for one, and I had high hopes of finding a phone, for two. "That sounded more like a question than a statement," said Patch. "Then ans-s-swer it." His rogue smile crept out. "It's hard to concentrate on answers with you looking like that." I glanced down at Patch's black shirt, wet and clinging to my body. I brushed past him and shut the bathroom door between us.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Past, Doors, Two

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2012). “Hush, Hush”, p.284, Simon and Schuster

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• You eventually erase her contact info from your phone but not the pictures you took of her in bed while she was naked and asleep, never those.

  Junot Diaz

  Sad, Breakup, Bed

  Junot Diaz (2012). “This Is How You Lose Her”, p.112, Faber & Faber

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• Gerry?' Laurel had to strain to hear thought the noise on the other end of the line. 'Gerry? Where are you?' 'London. A phone booth on Fleet Street.' 'The city still has working phone booths?' 'It would appear so. Unless this is the Tardis, in which case I'm in serious trouble.

  Kate Morton

  Cities, Lines, Noise

  Kate Morton (2012). “The Secret Keeper”, p.272, Pan Macmillan

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• Ehlena: Look, the reason I called was -- Rehv: Because you needed an excuse. You shut me down in the exam room, but really wanted to talk to me. So you called me on the phone. And now you have me. (That voice dropped even lower) Do I get to pick what you do with me?

  J.R. Ward

  Excuse You, Voice, Looks

  J.R. Ward (2009). “Lover Avenged: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.116, Penguin

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• As she stood down below him on the street,it seemed impossible that she'd connected with him as she had,but then,the phone was virtual relating,one step up from being online.Both people were in their own environments,invisible to each other,only their voices mixing.It was false intimacy.

  J.R. Ward

  Voice, People, Steps

  J.R. Ward (2009). “Lover Avenged: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.236, Penguin

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• Dorina?" Louis Cesare's voice was loud in my ear. The one I had squeezed against the phone, which was squeezed against my sore shoulder, becuase I was using both hands to keep Ray's point in his pants. "The fey, damm it!" I told him. "They're for the fey!" "Which one?" Louis Cesare asked, his voice going velvety soft. "All of them- No Ray! Ray, cut it out!" "All of them?

  Karen Chance

  Cutting, Hands, Voice

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• people were just out of control! . . . They've all got cell phones stuck to their ears and yet I've never seen such distance between people trying so hard to be close.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Distance, Cells, People

  Karen Marie Moning (2012). “The Highlander Series 7-Book Bundle”, p.161, Dell

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• What are they waiting to see?" Sam follows my gaze and I shrug. "Who knows? You could always do a dance, or tell a joke, or... kiss the bride?" "Not the bride," he wraps his arms around me, and gradually pulls me close. Our noses are practically touching. I can see right into his eyes. I can feel the warmth of his skin. "you." Me. "The girl who stole my phone." His lips brush across the corner of my mouth. "The thief." "It was in a bin." "Still stealing." "No it isn't-," I begin. But now his mouth is firmly on mine, and I can't speak at all. And suddenly, life is good.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Girl, Eye, Life Is Good

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• Quietly, Macey went through her options. Even though the masked men were asking for cell phones, the gunmen were making so much noise that she was sure someone had already called 911. The obvious exits were blocked, and the elevators had no doubt been disabled. The men moved with confidence and order, but they weren’t trying to be quiet. There was nothing covert at all about this operation. Unlike the boy beside her.

  Ally Carter

  Boys, Men, Cells

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• Now that he's gone, I feel like I'm a senior citizen who gave away her life savings over the phone. And this is the crux: I never in my life believed in someone as much as I believed in him. The shame is overwhelming.

  Emma Forrest

  Senior, Citizens, Saving

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• You're late." Kat said as soon as Hale put the phone to his ear. She wasn't the kind of girl to wait for hello. "What can I say? Macey McHenry has been throwing herself at me..." "See, that's the kind of thing that would make me jealous if she weren't way out of your league." "You know, if I had feelings, that might have hurt them.

  Ally Carter

  Girl, Hurt, Jealous

  "Double Crossed". Book by Ally Carter, January 22, 2013.

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• In Rome, I really wanted an Audrey Hepburn Roman Holiday experience, but the Trevi Fountain was crowded, there was a McDonald's at the base of the Spanish Steps, and the ruins smelled like cat pee because of all the strays. The same thing happened in Prague, where I'd been yearning for some of the bohemianism of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. But no, there were no fabulous artists, no guys who looked remotely like a young Daniel Day-Lewis. I saw this one mysterious-looking guy reading Sartre in a cafe, but then his cell phone rang and he started talking in aloud Texan twang.

  Gayle Forman

  Reading, Holiday, Cat

  Gayle Forman (2013). “Just One Day”, p.33, Penguin

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• There was a click and then nothing CALL DISCONECTED flashed on the digital display. "NO! NO!" Clary hit the redial button, her fingers trembling. Simon picked up immediatly. "Sorry. Yossarian scratched me and I dropped the phone.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sorry, Buttons, Digital

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.751, Simon and Schuster

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• How about I call you when I finish this?” “But you don’t even have my phone number,” he said. “I strongly suspect you wrote it in the book.” He broke out into that goofy smile. “A nd you say we don’t know each other.

  John Green

  Book, Numbers, Goofy

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.29, Penguin

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• I flip open my phone to text Jessica: Me: Guess who's pregnant? Jess: u? Me: Get real. Jess: ur mom? Me: yep Jess: Mazel tov!? Me: Don't congratulate me, plz Jess: Could b worse Me: How? Jess: Could be u? Me: I'm a virgin. Jess: Nobody's perfect.

  Simone Elkeles

  Mom, Real, Perfect

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• Actually I'd always thought he sat in the library with a slim volume of metaphysical poetry until the commissioner called him on the bat phone and summoned him into action. Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale - to the Jag mobile.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Library, Bats, Slim

  Ben Aaronovitch (2012). “Whispers Under Ground”, p.173, Del Rey

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• Some logics get nervous breakdowns. Overloaded phone system behaves like frightened child. Mike did not have upsets, acquired sense of humor instead. Low one. If he were a man, you wouldn't dare stoop over. His idea of thigh-slapper would be to dump you out of bed — or put itch powder in pressure suit.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Children, Men, Ideas

  Robert A Heinlein (1966). “Moon Is Harsh Mistres”, Berkley

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• [Jenks]"I think you're all screwy in the head," he said when Bis nodded his encouragement. "But go ahead. I've got Quen's number in my phone. I'll call him if you both explode in a flash of black underwear and money so I won't have to fly all the way home.

  Kim Harrison

  Encouragement, Home, Thinking

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