Advances in communication technology foster a false fantasy of togetherness by transmitting the impression of contact- phone calls, faxes, e-mail- without its substance. And when a relationship is ailing from frank time deprivation, both parties often aver that nothing can be done. Every activity they spend time on (besides each other) has been classified as indispensable: cleaning the house, catching the news, balancing the checkbook.
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Related Unlike then, the mail stream of today has diminished by such things as e-mails and faxes and cell ph... JOHN M. MCHUGH I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES He has a Blackberry and he?s on it all the time. Most of our conversations are by e-mail and every t... BAKER DUNLEAVY Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. This is the most mail, e-mail, phone calls, personal contacts and public testimony on a single issue... BRIAN ROGERS What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part... 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The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer ... ANGELA CARTER I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Our main contact person's e-mail has been full of responses from people. ANDY ZIRKLE Now is the time to re-evaluate the benefits of securely delivered e-mail. It is unfortunate that [th... DANA GARDNER Pain was unimportant. Failure was unthinkable. RICK RIORDAN We think we're saving time with microwaves, cell phones, beepers, computers and voice mail, but ... ARLIE RUSSELL HOCHSCHILD It was a difficult decision. Clearly the telegram is very much a part of our heritage, but in the ag... COLIN WHEELER Now we have so many methods of communication: Land phone, Fax, Pager, Mobile phone, Texting, E mail,... ANKALA V SUBBARAO The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output. BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the ... ZUBIN MEHTA In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Weakness, all the more dangerous for being combined with a sense of entitlement ERIKA JOHANSEN What exactly did you find in Atlanta?” Frank unzipped his backpack and started bringing out s... RICK RIORDAN Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is ... ZADIE SMITH "A relationship is built similar to a house - foundation is friendship, without it you have no re... STEPHANI MCLELLAN Every writer since the beginning of time, just like other people, has been afflicted by what a frien... WILLIAM STYRON There was a house at the foot of the tower, close to the thunder of the waves breaking against the c... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Multiple hours a day on any of those activities decelerates communication with the family unit and c... DAVE STONE We can do it in real time and not clog up the company e-mail system. It's a great way for everyone t... DEBBIE DAVIS I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We're blurring the lines between the PC and the wireless phone so that consumers can stay in touch, ... SCOTT HELBING Any death is stupid from the viewpoint of whoever is undergoing it, Adam One used to say, because no... MARGARET ATWOOD One of the things that has been proven time and again is... about 15% of the time into project, if a... JOEL KOPPELMAN Time really is one big continuous cloth, no? We habitually cut out pieces of time to fit us, so we t... HARUKI MURAKAMI I think there's a fear of disconnect sometimes; communication is a huge issue for all of us, fro... JIM RASH His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING I'm unhappy that nothing has been done on the Old Recreation Grounds up to now. The Trust promised t... WALWYN BREWLEY Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time ma... H. L. MENCKEN Before e-mail, we spent a lot of time tracking students down, especially if they didn't keep in cont... MAURA HARTY ...and I realized no matter what you do it’s bound to be a waste of time in the end so you might a... JACK KEROUAC What coach Foster has done in his short time is nothing short of remarkable. We're trying to stay on... THAD MATTA Most couples make the mistake of giving each other the remains of the daythe leftover time aft... RHOBERTA SHALER, PHD Why should I shatter your wonderful fantasy with my boring reality? ~ Evie Snow CARRIE HOPE FLETCHER I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON A man drank and became drunk, next he said, now i am delivered from my enemies and then walked into ... SOTONYE ANGA The larger, the more far-flung, and the more diverse a person's network, the more important e-mail i... JEFFREY BOASE The larger, the more far-flung and the more diverse a person's network, the more important e-mail is... JEFFREY BOASE This is Buford,” Leo announced. “You name your furniture?” Frank asked. RICK RIORDAN This is a phenomenon that is taking over, and potentially e-mail can become the number one means of ... TIM WHITE I believe love is the most misunderstood concept in the world. You can buy your wife the most expens... PATIENCE JOHNSON Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wron... TERRY PRATCHETT You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. Our appearance is a powerful communication tool, sending messages to every sighted person. Everyone ... CATHERINE BELL In Hong Kong, I read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Love in the Time of Cholera”, in which the hero... GRAEME SIMSION After each episode, we received hundreds of phone calls from families that wanted this extraordinary... FRANK HAMMES When I was a kid, phone calls were a premium commodity; only the very coolest kids had a phone line ... SUSAN ORLEAN I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I would say that it's quadruple what I've had when I've won major championships in the past. I've go... GREG NORMAN And men said that the blood of the stars flowed in her veins C.S. LEWIS Nick has been on the phone and while this is devastating, in light of the other news he has been hea... ARTHUR SHERIFF I've taken a philosophical position on e-mail. Although I think it's a wonderful communicati... ALAN LIGHTMAN During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has wove... DAVID BOHM Metal rusts, music lasts forever. PATRICK ROTHFUSS Cupid," Jason called, "where are you?" 'Where you least expect me,' Cupid answered. 'As love al... RICK RIORDAN I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word. DIANA WYNNE JONES The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. Long and Foster said they had no clue that either of the parties that put bids in on the house were ... DALE SANDERS
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EDMONIA LEWIS My features I take from my father, but my spirit, my industry and perseverance I get from my Indian ... EDMONIA LEWIS There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the bough... EDMONIA LEWIS Sometimes the times were dark and the outlook was lonesome, but where there is a will, there is a wa... EDMONIA LEWIS Many, many, many small moves of many kinds can bring a way to manage change. The theory can come lat... FLORA LEWIS I consider that there are different degrees of civilization and there are many different ways of exp... FLORA LEWIS We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why. FLORA LEWIS