“Doyouwantogoona--Who is this? Oh, I have the wrong number.”

— Delia Ephron

Teenage Romance (Viking, 1981)
Quoted in Girls: 10 Gutsy, God-Centered Sessions on Issues That Matter to Girls By Helen Musick, Dan Jessup, Crystal Kirgiss

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