More quotes by Raymond Carver

"That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones."
"My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form."
"It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love."
"Happiness. It comes onunexpectedly. And goes beyond, really,any early morning talk about it."