“[being interrogated] We didn’t do anything wrong. You know, Tony wouldn’t let this happen. I’m going to text him. [gets her phone to start texting]”— Lorene Scafaria, Ramona Vega, Jennifer Lopez, imdb.com
“Everyone in history has always known that if you text someone 'heyy' with two Y's it means you wanna fuck.”— Dan Lagana, Alex Trimboli, Calum Worthy, imdb.com
“You deserve conversation, flirtation, consideration. You deserve all of the fucks, my friend.”— Ella Dawson, elladawson.com
“I hate cell phones! Everywhere you turn nothing but texting and yakking and texting.”— Adam Alleca, Carl Ellsworth, Wes Craven, Francis, Aaron Paul, imdb.com
“Whenever I get a holiday text, the reason of the season moves me to write back, usually with a similarly canned festive greeting. (“Happy holidays to u too!!”) Ignoring an ex’s text can be easy enough during the rest of the year, but something about the holidays changes that.”— Ella Cerón, thecut.com
“We know about sleep walking and sleep eating, but apparently now people are sleep texting — and that sounds like a waking nightmare.”— Brittney McNamara, teenvogue.com
“One thing I didn’t anticipate is how much fun it would be to text my own kid and hear back from her. It’s like getting to see a different side of her–a more grown-up version and a window into the future of the funny things we will tell each other.”— Kelle Hampton, kellehampton.com
“Hannah: Didn't you say that texting was the lowest form of communication on the pillar of chat? Marine: The totem of chat. No, the lowest, that would be Facebook, following by gchat, then texting, then email, then phone. Face to face is of course ideal, but it's not of this time.”— Hannah Horvath, Lena Dunham, imdb.com
“All right, red light. Time to text and shave and whittle and floss.”— Joseph Lee, Chris Regan, Peter Griffin, Seth MacFarlane, imdb.com
“[When Brian was texting while driving] You know, that was a stroller, not a speed bump.”— Shawn Reis, Stewie Griffin, Seth MacFarlane, imdb.com
“Get off the high road, Summer! We all got pinkeye because you won't stop texting on the toilet.”— Mike McMahan, Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon, Rick Sanchez (voice), Justin Roiland, imdb.com
“J.D.: Morning, Elliot. By the way, Julie's here, but I'm not gonna kiss and tell. Elliot: Oh, really, 'cause I just got your text. That said 'Bone City.'”— Bill Callahan, Elliot Reid, Sarah Chalke, imdb.com
“Currently on our radar is 'submarining,' which is when a person ghosts you but then re-emerges months later like nothing ever happened, with no explanation as to why they disappeared in the first place.”— Kelsey Borresen, huffingtonpost.com
“I for sure need to break up with my phone. Because once the kids get home from school and it's the time of day when I'm getting a lot of messages, I'll be making dinner and checking my phone and talking to the kids, but that's not the conversation they want to have. I kind of try to do too many thin…”— Julia Roberts, goodhousekeeping.com
“Three in four singles say that leaving a message on 'read' and not replying for days at a time is a much more annoying habit than replying too quickly.”— Nicole Lyn Pesce, nypost.com
“Maybe she’s not texting you because she knows the only reason you’re checking in is to make yourself feel better. Yeah, maybe Gretchen wants to get on with her life and never think about you again. Maybe she thought you were dead, Jimmy. Checking tips on the hotline, coming home night after night to…”— Alison Bennett, Edgar Quintero, Desmin Borges, imdb.com
“What do you do with someone who you share so much history with but no future? What do you do when things end with words left unsaid, with feelings left unmended?”— Molly Burford, thoughtcatalog.com
“If I catch you driving and texting again I will find your mother and I will throw this at her.”— Liane Moriarty, David E Kelley, Madeline Mackenzie, Reese Witherspoon, imdb.com
“You can’t take back texts. If you come off all moody and melancholy in a text, it just sits there in your phone, reminding you of what a drag you are.”— Rainbow Rowell, amazon.com