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.”
• “My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form.”
• “Happiness. It comes onunexpectedly. And goes beyond, really,any early morning talk about it.”
• “That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones.”
• “Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.”