“Not returning phone calls is the severest form of torture in the civilized world.”

“She doesn’t return my phone calls. I’d like them back, unopened.”

“Y'know, if anyone happens to know the name of a good literary agent that will actually return phone calls...”

“I'll call you," he repeated."If you call me, I won't pick up the phone.""You will wait by the phone for my call, and when it rings, you will pick it up and you will speak to me in a civil manner. If you don't know how, ask someone.”

“My definition of democracy is - A form and a method of Government whereby revolutionary changes in the social life are brought about without bloodshed. That is the real test. It is perhaps the severest test. But when you are judging the quality of the material you must put it to the severest test.”

“We had an unspoken love for one another. Probably because she’d never talk to me or return my phone calls or texts.
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