Quote by Gemma Halliday

“Everyone else could get through to my mother: all they had to do was dial a number and wait for her to pick up.…

— Sarah Dessen

“People always sounded worried when I called them. Maybe because I only ever called a lot of them when I was in trouble and…

— Carrie Vaughn

“I was young--so young--naive, isolated in a small world of safety and comfort too soon shattered by a phone call.”

— Helen Picca

“I called, but the phones were all tied up. And so were the operators who normally answer them. Some were even gagged too.”

— Jarod Kintz

“What is it about mothers and the phone which, immediately you say you have to go, makes them think of nineteen completely irrelevant things…

— Helen Fielding

“I almost died. Fortunately, my mother was a nurse. She gave me a shot of something, and things turned out brilliantly.” Lucky me, I…

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

“Well, I guess that tells you not to call me in a crisis.”

— Gemma Halliday

“I made a resolution to telephone my mother the next day, but it was a safe resolution; no one can hold you to a…

— Diane Setterfield

“Provoked, she wanted to scream into the phone that she didn't need a babysitter, and she could manage just fine alone in her own…

— Lisa Genova

“You always sound like you’re coping pretty well on the phone.” “Don’t be fooled. I have to maintain at least some shred of dignity.…

— Cherrie Lynn

“She was looking at the cab, looking right through me, and I knew that she was curious because she’d seen A.J. talking to me.…

— Suzanne Brockmann

“She considered, maybe for the first time, how lucky she was to be able to pick up the phone and call her mother whenever…

— Brady Udall