Raymond Carver quotes - page 3

My lungs are thick with the smoke of your absence. (Raymond Carver)
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. View quote
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When you live in the dark for so long, you begin to love it. And it loves you back, and isn't that the point? You think, the face turns to the shadows, and just as well. It accepts, it heals, it allows. But it also devours. View quote
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The light was draining out of the room, going back through the window where it had come from. View quote
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Drinking's funny. When I look back on it, all of our important decisions have been figured out when we were drinking. Even when we talked about having to cut back on drinking, we'd be sitting at the kitchen table or out at the picnic table with a six-pack or whiskey. View quote
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And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth. View quote
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In the beginning, when I was trying to write, I couldn't turn off the outside world to the extent that I can now. View quote
Raymond Carver

Raymond Carver

Occupation: American Writer
Born: May 25, 1938
Died: August 2, 1988
Quotes count: 57

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