"She was not good on the phone. She needed the face, the pattern of eyes, nose, trembling mouth… People talking were meant to look at a face, the disastrous cupcake of it, the hide-and-seek of the heart dashing across. With a phone, you said words, but you never watched them go in."

— Lorrie Moore  (via obdormio)

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    I think this has been my problem all along; I can’t talk to anyone over the phone.

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