The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own.

Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we're too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.

The telephone which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations has a romance of its own.