The telephone becomes an instrument of torture in the demonic hands of a beloved who doesn't call. - Alain de Botton

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For some reason,we keep forgetting some of our experience. We look back but don't bring the value forward. We bring the anger, the upset. We bring the fear.

Alain de Botton

The telephone becomes an instrument of torture in the demonic hands of a beloved who doesn't call.

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