Texts Quotes

“We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months than we are loved by some of those who contact us every twelve or so days … or hours.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Yoyoyoyoyoyoyoyooyoyoyyoyoyoyo
Come by
I baked a SHEETCAKE
Your favorite
Confetti emoji”
― Mary H.K. Choi, Emergency Contact

“When I got out of the movie, I had four text messages from Augustus.

Tell me my copy is missing the last twenty pages or something.

Hazel Grace, tell me I have not reached the end of this book.

OH MY GOD DO THEY GET MARRIED OR NOT OH MY GOD WHAT IS THIS

I guess Anna died and so it just ends? CRUEL. Call me when you can. Hope all’s okay.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Not matter what your sacred or religious book is, it's not how well you know the book, it's how well you're in alignment with the author.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“Sherlock: You’re exaggerating. It didn’t happen that often. (in relation to Irene Adler’s texts) John: 57 times in the run up to Christmas. Your pocket was moaning more than Mrs Hudson. Sherlock: Thank you for that mental image.”
― Guy Adams, Sherlock: The Casebook

“Stranger Danger.

You can't "stranger danger" someone when you asked them to date you.”
― Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

“Sweetheart, the sound of a voice, sinks deeper than the most meaningful of texts.”
― Nitya Prakash

“Sources do not speak for themselves, graciously yielding up facts to the patient researcher, who approaches the evidence with his or her mind a tabula rasa cleared of personal views and preferences. Historians select material from archives and libraries with their minds freighted with preconceptions of various kinds, including hypotheses they wish to test, questions they want to answer, ideas about topics and issues they want to explore and understand.”
― Paul Readman, Land and Nation in England: Patriotism, National Identity, and the Politics of Land, 1880-1914

“Texts should be blue, not green.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“Reading then is writing, in an endless movement of giving and receiving: each reading reinscribes something of a text; each reading reconstitutes the web it tries to decipher, but by adding another web. One must read in a text not only that which is visible and present but also the nontext of the text, the parentheses, the silences.”
― Verena Andermatt Conley, Hélène Cixous: Writing the Feminine

“If someone is interested, they'll find time - if not, they'll find excuse.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“If I ever was texting frequently with someone and wanted to make an alias, I think I'd go with "Scottie Pippin." Then my friends who were peeking at my screen could be left wondering why I was texting with the former Chicago Bull star on the reg.”
― Aziz Ansari, Modern Romance

“Thanks to bad graphic design, some readers love only the electronic version of some books.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“There’s nothing to be proud of - in not returning calls, not answering texts and not meeting people. We take great pride in being unavailable to the ones who are kind enough to value us.

It’s all pretty messed up.”
― Nitya Prakash

“The first ever text message is sent, meaning from this year forth Brits are able to express something nearing emotion without the horror of having to look anyone in the face.”
― Rob Temple, Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time

“Given the focus on language, it should come as no surprise that this book deals with what individuals said and published … The new “linguistic” emphasis of modern scholarship has added to our understanding of the past … Throughout, “language” is not recovered divorced from its historical context, but linked to the individuals who used it, and to their (and others’) actions and activities”
― Paul Readman, Land and Nation in England: Patriotism, National Identity, and the Politics of Land, 1880-1914

“Words don't impress me anymore, effort does. It truly shows that you genuinely care. In a world full of half-hearted talk and texts, even small, kind gestures go a long way. Effort is everything!”
― Kristen Butler

“Cian: Where the fuck?

Gabriel: Family centre, somewhere around the top floor if the view is anything to go by.
Gabriel: The why is less obvious.

Elijah: Seriously? It’s clearly a photoshoot. Her father is an Icon with a penchant for aggressive media campaigns. He will see her partly bonded status as an opportunity.

Gabriel: I said it was less obvious, not that it wasn’t still obvious.

Moses: Stop comparing brain size.

Kilian: Yeah, stop waving your big … brains around.”
― Jane Washington, Tourner

“Moses: She definitely knows, and she’s pissed.

Kilian: How pissed?

Moses: She’s out for blood.

Oscar: Oh well, it was going to happen eventually.

Theodore: Easy for you to say. She already hates you.

Oscar: There’s a fine line. And I’m the only one who didn’t pretend to be her friend, so I guess I’ve just taken your place as favourite, pretty boy.

Theodore has left the chat.

Moses: Seriously, O? I’m the one who has to deal with him now.

Elijah: How can you be sure? Add Theo back.

Theodore has joined the chat.
Theodore has left the chat.

Elijah: I swear to fucking god. Add him again, and tell him Oscar is muted.

Theodore has joined the chat.

Oscar has been muted.”
― Jane Washington, Tourner

“Kalen: Um, hello. It’s Isobel.

Elijah: Good. You’re alive. Gabriel: How was the cuddle?

Theodore: What cuddle?

She clicked on Kalen’s profile, changing his screen name to her own. Isobel: How do you know about that?

Gabriel: Who do you think told him how to do it?

Theodore: WHAT. CUDDLE?”
― Jane Washington, Tourner

“Kalen: Um, hello. It’s Isobel.

Elijah: Good. You’re alive.

Gabriel: How was the cuddle?

Theodore: What cuddle?

She clicked on Kalen’s profile, changing his screen name to her own. Isobel: How do you know about that?

Gabriel: Who do you think told him how to do it?

Theodore: WHAT. CUDDLE?”
― Jane Washington, Tourner

“Oscar: Let’s revisit the cuddling discussion.

Kilian: Give us details, baby.

Isobel: Why? She frowned down at the screen.

Oscar: Not every day I get leverage over Kalen.

Kilian: I just like details. I’m a detail-oriented guy.”
― Jane Washington, Tourner

“Oscar: Come to me, if you dare.

Elijah: …

Gabriel: That’s disturbing.

Theodore: Highly disturbing.

Isobel: Thank you for offering, Killian, Theo, and Gabriel”
― Jane Washington, Tourner

“Kilian has invited you to a group: Everyone except Mikki. She snorted, clicking on it.

Kilian: Tell us.

Moses: Did he pop a stiffy?

Cian: Let’s not bring stiffies into the conversation.

Moses: Did YOU pop a stiffy?”
― Jane Washington, Tourner

“Her messages remain resolutely static.

She sends Harper one, just to make sure it isn’t her signal: [knock knock]

But he replies quickly: [no]”
― Addison Lane, Blackpines: The Magpie Witch: The North Star in Eclipse