--- title: "4 Cell phone Quotes By Sloane Crosley" description: "4 Cell phone quotes by Sloane Crosley. Plus more from Sloane Crosley and more Cell phone sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a54/sloane-crosley-1764_cell-phone_i-m-not-sure-how-the-ponies-happened-tho_6413.png" --- > [“I’m not sure how the ponies happened, though I have an inkling: “Can I get you anything?” I’ll say, getting up from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/i-m-not-sure-how-the-ponies-happened-though-i-have-an-inkling-can-i/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a54/sloane-crosley-1764_cell-phone_i-m-not-sure-how-the-ponies-happened-tho_6413.png) > [I got out on the street and started crying the kind of hysterical tears made justifiable only by turning off one’s cell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/i-got-out-on-the-street-and-started-crying-the-kind-of-hysterical/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/sloane-crosley-1764_cell-phone_i-got-out-on-the-street-and-started-cryi_2436489.png) > [“It's not that you have lost touch with these people. You haven't. It's just that they have kept in such close touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/it-s-not-that-you-have-lost-touch-with-these-people-you-haven-t-it-s/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9e/sloane-crosley-1764_bad-friend_it-s-not-that-you-have-lost-touch-with-t_2560891.png) > [“If you have to ask someone to change, to tell you they love you, to bring wine to dinner, to call you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/if-you-have-to-ask-someone-to-change-to-tell-you-they-love-you-to/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/sloane-crosley-1764_afford_if-you-have-to-ask-someone-to-change-to_2730699.jpg) ## Other authors on Cell phone - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-cooper-64681.jpg) Martin Cooper 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/martin-cooper/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-maggie-stiefvater-62633.jpg) Maggie Stiefvater 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/maggie-stiefvater/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julie-james-54346.jpg) Julie James 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/julie-james/) - [Steven Magee 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/steven-magee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrew-strauss-13078.jpg) Alex Low 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/alex-low/) - [Jarod Kintz 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-j-t-ellison-1281.jpg) J.T. Ellison 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/j-t-ellison/) ## More by Sloane Crosley > [“Names I am most commonly called by telemarketers: Simone, Slain, Siobhan, Flo, Stacey, Susan, Slater, Leanne, and Slow (Yes, my parents named me "Slow".…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/names-i-am-most-commonly-called-by-telemarketers-simone-slain-siobhan/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [“I’m not sure how the ponies happened, though I have an inkling: “Can I get you anything?” I’ll say, getting up from a dinner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/i-m-not-sure-how-the-ponies-happened-though-i-have-an-inkling-can-i/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [As most New Yorkers have done, I have given serious and generous thought to the state of my apartment should I get killed during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/as-most-new-yorkers-have-done-i-have-given-serious-and-generous/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [“If I could just get my partner to see me how she used to - to fall in love with me all over again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/if-i-could-just-get-my-partner-to-see-me-how-she-used-to-to-fall-in/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [I don't really think of my essays as being about myself. I know it sounds insane, but I just don't think of them as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/i-don-t-really-think-of-my-essays-as-being-about-myself-i-know-it/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [It takes a level of creative depression to hear 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' and weep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/it-takes-a-level-of-creative-depression-to-hear-girls-just-wanna-have/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [Book tours are such a little tapas meal of where I could live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/book-tours-are-such-a-little-tapas-meal-of-where-i-could-live/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [I wouldn't want to live in Berlin. It's bombed out and there's a lot of techno.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/i-wouldn-t-want-to-live-in-berlin-it-s-bombed-out-and-there-s-a-lot/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [The reason that war is such a fascinating subject for writers is because it's a revealer. Put a bunch of people in an adrenaline-fuelled,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/the-reason-that-war-is-such-a-fascinating-subject-for-writers-is/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [“Shortly after this exchange my roommate suggested we start throwing water balloons at the construction workers. Not really at them because, I know, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/shortly-after-this-exchange-my-roommate-suggested-we-start-throwing/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [When it seems impossible that a deep connection with another person could just go away instead of changing form. It seems impossible that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/when-it-seems-impossible-that-a-deep-connection-with-another-person/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [Because I am a horrible flincher, contact lenses are not an option. I'm always envious of contact-wearers. There are endless reasons to take off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/because-i-am-a-horrible-flincher-contact-lenses-are-not-an-option-i-m/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [“How can we not still be rooting for the younger versions of ourselves as if they actually exist, playing catch-up in time? Who wouldn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/how-can-we-not-still-be-rooting-for-the-younger-versions-of-ourselves/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [There is no such thing as a crazy dog person in New York. Are there people who are completely insane about their dogs? Hordes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-crazy-dog-person-in-new-york-are-there/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [As most doctors will tell you, cleansing is ridiculous. You know what's been around longer than that state-of-the-art juicer? Your kidneys. And your liver.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/as-most-doctors-will-tell-you-cleansing-is-ridiculous-you-know-what-s/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/sloane-crosley/#itemlist", "name": "4 Cell phone Quotes By Sloane Crosley", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I’m not sure how the ponies happened, though I have an inkling: “Can I get you anything?” I’ll say, getting up from a dinner table, “Coffee, tea, a pony?” People rarely laugh at this, especially if they’ve heard it before. “This party’s ‘sposed to be fun,” a friend will say. “Really? Will there be pony rides?” It’s a nervous tic and a cheap joke, cheapened further by the frequency with which I use it. For that same reason, it’s hard to weed it out of my speech – most of the time I don’t even realize I’m saying it. There are little elements in a person’s life, minor fibers that become unintentionally tangled with your personality. Sometimes it’s a patent phrase, sometimes it’s a perfume, sometimes it’s a wristwatch. For me, it is the constant referencing of ponies. I don’t even like ponies. If I made one of my throwaway equine requests and someone produced an actual pony, Juan-Valdez-style, I would run very fast in the other direction. During a few summers at camp, I rode a chronically dehydrated pony named Brandy who would jolt down without notice to lick the grass outside the corral and I would careen forward, my helmet tipping to cover my eyes. I do, however, like ponies on the abstract. Who doesn’t? It’s like those movies with the animated insects. Sure, the baby cockroach seems cute with CGI eyelashes, but how would you feel about fifty of her real-life counterparts living in your oven? And that’s precisely the manner in which the ponies clomped their way into my regular speech: abstractly. “I have something for you,” a guy will say on our first date. “Is it a pony?” No. It’s usually a movie ticket or his cell phone number. But on our second date, if I ask again, I’m pretty sure I’m getting a pony. And thus the Pony drawer came to be. It’s uncomfortable to admit, but almost every guy I have ever dated has unwittingly made a contribution to the stable. The retro pony from the ‘50s was from the most thoughtful guy I have ever known. The one with the glitter horseshoes was from a boy who would later turn out to be straight somehow, not gay. The one with the rainbow haunches was from a librarian, whom I broke up with because I felt the chemistry just wasn’t right, and the one with the price tag stuck on the back was given to me by a narcissist who was so impressed with his gift he forgot to remover the sticker. Each one of them marks the beginning of a new relationship. I don’t mean to hint. It’s not a hint, actually, it’s a flat out demand: I. Want. A. Pony. I think what happens is that young relationships are eager to build up a romantic repertoire of private jokes, especially in the city where there’s not always a great “how we met” story behind every great love affair. People meet at bars, through mutual friends, on dating sites, or because they work in the same industry. Just once a coworker of mine, asked me out between two stops on the N train. 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