Catherine-lacey Quote by Catherine Lacey

“Well, there were, of course, people to call. A good fifty names in my telephone book, which I had acquired only a month ago.…

— Max Frei

“One more chance to try being the person that the situation called for instead of just herself.”

— James S.A. Corey

“I have noticed that when someone asks for you on the telephone and, finding you out, leaves a message begging you to call him…

— Somerset Maugham

“I could not bring myself to hang up the phone or even so much as move it from my ear. The chance that I…

— Jasmine Dubroff

“It was as if she called to me, with every note and every word. To make matters worse, whether I liked it or not,…

— Christy Trujillo

“Just chance brought me then, if chance you call it. It was no plan of mine, though I was waiting for you.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“What if you weren't the person I hoped you were? That, more than anything, would have hurt the most.”

— Jay Asher

“To be fair, she called this morning. I stared at the phone. Circled it on my bed. And, eventually, it stopped ringing. If it…

— Kelley York

“I’d always loved the chance to become someone else for a few hours. Someone for whom the words had been written, every gesture and…

— Morgan Matson

“I had no one else to call. Nobody needed me. I had constructed my life to make certain of it. I'd remained aloof in…

— Petrea Burchard

“Have I become the girl who waits by the phone, hoping it will ring, who asks a friend to dial her number to make…

— Candace Bushnell

“I wish I were the kind of person who found uncertainty thrilling. My life to date would have been a lot more interesting for…

— Emma Dibdin