My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent... - Raymond Carver

"Happiness. It comes onunexpectedly. And goes beyond, really,any early morning talk about it."

"It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love."

"Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read."

"That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones."