Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms alone they pose at the mirror shoulders bare trying this way and that their hair or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone.

I have Graham Greene's telephone number but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone.

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.