Christmas 1998. A week without Neal. The worst week of her life. The week he decided to marry her...Was Georgie supposed to make sure that he didn't?"
-- Georgie (chapter 13)

Importance: Georgie cannot figure out the function the landline plays in her life with Neal. She is not sure what she is supposed to change about the past 15 years of their relationship to change their current unhappiness. When she recognizes that she and Neal are talking during a week when they were broken up, she begins to worry that the landline might be trying to break them up before they were married, nearly 20 years before.

Why would Neal ever jump to the completely implausible and correct conclusion that he was talking to her in the future?"
-- Georgie (chapter 14)

Importance: Georgie tries hard to make sure that Neal does not know that she is speaking to him from the future. To this end, she makes sure that her...