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Raymond Carver Quotes

My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form Picture Quote #1

Happiness. It comes on unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really, any early morning talk about it Picture Quote #1

That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones, with the punctuation in the right places Picture Quote #1

Dreams, you know, are what you wake up from Picture Quote #1

But dying is for the sweetest ones. And he remembers sweetness, when life was sweet, and sweetly he was given that other lifetime Picture Quote #1

Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read Picture Quote #1

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It’s strange. You never start out life with the intention of becoming a bankrupt or an alcoholic or a cheat and a thief. Or a liar Picture Quote #1

The past is unclear. It's as if there is a film over those early years. I can't even be sure that the things I remember happening really happened to me Picture Quote #1

I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark Picture Quote #1

Art doesn’t have to do anything. It just has to be there for the fierce pleasure we take in doing it Picture Quote #1

That’s all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones Picture Quote #1

A man can go along obeying all the rules and then it don’t matter a damn anymore Picture Quote #1

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I’ve done as many as 20 or 30 drafts of a story. Never less than 10 or 12 drafts Picture Quote #1

A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their fiction. A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best Picture Quote #1

All of us, all of us, all of us trying to save our immortal souls, some ways seemingly more round about and mysterious than others. We are having a good time here. But hope all will be revealed soon Picture Quote #1

Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising Picture Quote #1

In the beginning, when I was trying to write, I couldnt turn off the outside world to the extent that I can now Picture Quote #1

I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark Picture Quote #1

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A man without hands came to the door to sell me a photograph of my house. Except for the chrome hooks, he was an ordinary - looking man of fifty or so Picture Quote #1

But I can hardly sit still. I keep fidgeting, crossing one leg and then the other. I feel like I could throw off sparks, or break a window - maybe rearrange all the furniture Picture Quote #1

You see, this happened a few months ago, but it's still going on right now, and it ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love Picture Quote #1

We knew our days were numbered. We had fouled up our lives and we were getting ready for a shake up Picture Quote #1

There isn't enough of anything as long as we live. But at intervals a sweetness appears and, given a chance prevails Picture Quote #1

It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love Picture Quote #1

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Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications Picture Quote #1

That morning she pours teacher's over my belly and licks it off. That afternoon she tries to jump out the window Picture Quote #1

I think a little menace is fine to have in a story. For one thing, it's good for the circulation Picture Quote #1

Mel thought real love was nothing less than spiritual love. He’d said he’d spent five years in a seminary before quitting to go to medical school. He said he still looked back on those years in the seminary as the most important years of his life Picture Quote #1

They talked on into the early morning, the high, pale cast of light in the windows, and they did not think of leaving Picture Quote #1

This is awful. I don’t know what’s going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world Picture Quote #1

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My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form (Raymond Carver Quotes) Happiness. It comes on unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really, any early morning talk about it (Raymond Carver Quotes) That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones, with the punctuation in the right places (Raymond Carver Quotes) Dreams, you know, are what you wake up from (Raymond Carver Quotes) But dying is for the sweetest ones. And he remembers sweetness, when life was sweet, and sweetly he was given that other lifetime (Raymond Carver Quotes) Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read (Raymond Carver Quotes) It’s strange. You never start out life with the intention of becoming a bankrupt or an alcoholic or a cheat and a thief. Or a liar (Raymond Carver Quotes) The past is unclear. It's as if there is a film over those early years. I can't even be sure that the things I remember happening really happened to me (Raymond Carver Quotes) I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark (Raymond Carver Quotes) Art doesn’t have to do anything. It just has to be there for the fierce pleasure we take in doing it (Raymond Carver Quotes) That’s all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones (Raymond Carver Quotes) A man can go along obeying all the rules and then it don’t matter a damn anymore (Raymond Carver Quotes) I’ve done as many as 20 or 30 drafts of a story. Never less than 10 or 12 drafts (Raymond Carver Quotes) A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their fiction. A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best (Raymond Carver Quotes) All of us, all of us, all of us trying to save our immortal souls, some ways seemingly more round about and mysterious than others. We are having a good time here. But hope all will be revealed soon (Raymond Carver Quotes) Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising (Raymond Carver Quotes) In the beginning, when I was trying to write, I couldnt turn off the outside world to the extent that I can now (Raymond Carver Quotes) I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark (Raymond Carver Quotes) A man without hands came to the door to sell me a photograph of my house. Except for the chrome hooks, he was an ordinary - looking man of fifty or so (Raymond Carver Quotes) But I can hardly sit still. I keep fidgeting, crossing one leg and then the other. I feel like I could throw off sparks, or break a window - maybe rearrange all the furniture (Raymond Carver Quotes) You see, this happened a few months ago, but it's still going on right now, and it ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love (Raymond Carver Quotes) We knew our days were numbered. We had fouled up our lives and we were getting ready for a shake up (Raymond Carver Quotes) There isn't enough of anything as long as we live. But at intervals a sweetness appears and, given a chance prevails (Raymond Carver Quotes) It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love (Raymond Carver Quotes) Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications (Raymond Carver Quotes) That morning she pours teacher's over my belly and licks it off. That afternoon she tries to jump out the window (Raymond Carver Quotes) I think a little menace is fine to have in a story. For one thing, it's good for the circulation (Raymond Carver Quotes) Mel thought real love was nothing less than spiritual love. He’d said he’d spent five years in a seminary before quitting to go to medical school. He said he still looked back on those years in the seminary as the most important years of his life (Raymond Carver Quotes) They talked on into the early morning, the high, pale cast of light in the windows, and they did not think of leaving (Raymond Carver Quotes) This is awful. I don’t know what’s going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world (Raymond Carver Quotes)

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