She won't give him back his look. (Raymond Carver)

She won't give him back his look.

Raymond Carver

More Raymond Carver quotes

It's possible, in a poem or short story, to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language, and to endow those things-a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a woman's earring-with immense, even startling power.

Raymond Carver

But he stays by the window, remembering that life. They had laughed. They had leaned on each other and laughed until the tears had come, while everything else-the cold and where he'd go in it-was outside, for a while anyway.

Raymond Carver

Booze takes a lot of time and effort if you're going to do a good job with it.

Raymond Carver

You're a beautiful drunk, daughter. But you're a drunk.

Raymond Carver

I'm moving to Nevada. Either there or kill myself.

Raymond Carver