Paul Auster
The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own.
The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph was far more radical than that from telephone to email!
The other day I… uh, no, that wasn’t me.
Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who’ll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you’re in the wrong house, that’s what it means.