Calling Conventions

Famous quotes containing the words calling and/or conventions:

    ‘No, go I must, they’re calling
    me.’
    ‘Who are they?’
    Rising he said “Some
    day you’ll know. They’re calling to you
    too.’ Darkly he rose, and then I slept.
    Frank O’Hara (1926–1966)

    What people don’t realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social intercourse. There are three cardinal rules—don’t take somebody else’s boyfriend unless you’ve been specifically invited to do so, don’t take a drink without being asked, and keep a scrupulous accounting in financial matters.
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)