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Raymond Carver was an influential American short story writer, born on May 25, 1938, and died on August 2, 1988. Known for his concise and straightforward style, his works have won the hearts of readers worldwide.

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Famous Raymond Carver Quotes

“Dreams, you know, are what you wake up from.”

Knows Dream Wake Up

Book:Cathedral

Source: Cathedral

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

Knows Feels Talking Ought Ashamed

Book:What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

Source: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

“This is awful. I don't know what's going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world.”

Knows World Happens Awful

Book:What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

Source: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

“Then I said something. I said, Suppose, just suppose, nothing had ever happened. Suppose this was for the first time. Just suppose. It doesn't hurt to suppose. Say none of the other had ever happened. You know what I mean? Then what? I said.”

Knows Firsts Mean Said Hurt Happened First Time

Book:Cathedral

Source: Cathedral

“I've crossed some kind of invisible line. I feel as if I've come to a place I never thought I'd have to come to. And I don't know how I got here. It's a strange place. It's a place where a little harmless dreaming and then some sleepy, early-morning talk has led me into considerations of death and annihilation.”

Ifs Knows Feels Kind Littles Dream Lost Lines Morning Know How Strange Invisible Consideration Insomnia Annihilation Sleepy Early Morning Strange Places

Book:Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories

Source: Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories

“There was a time when I thought I loved my first wife more than life itself. But now I hate her guts. I do. How do you explain that? What happened to that love? What happened to it, is what I'd like to know. I wish someone could tell me.”

Knows Firsts Hate Wish Wife Happened I Hate Guts Hate Her I Hate Her

Book:Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories

Source: Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories

“What do any of us really know about love?”

Knows

Book:Beginners

Source: Beginners

“All this, all of this love we're talking about, it would just be a memory. Maybe not even a memory. Am I wrong? Am I way off base? Because I want you to set me straight if you think I'm wrong. I want to know. I mean, I don't know anything, and I'm the first one to admit it.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Way Want Firsts Mean Memories Talking I Want You

Book:Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories

Source: Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories

“Write about what you know, and what do you know better than your own secrets?”

Knows Writing Secret Do You Know

Book:Conversations with Raymond Carver

Source: Conversations with Raymond Carver

About the Author

Born: May 25, 1938
Died: August 2, 1988
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 104

Books & Sources

Where I'm Calling From: Selected StoriesRelated source material

All of Us: The Collected PoemsRelated source material

What We Talk About When We Talk About LoveRelated source material

CathedralRelated source material

Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other ProseRelated source material

Conversations with Raymond CarverRelated source material

Fires: Essays, Poems, StoriesRelated source material

Elephant and other storiesRelated source material

Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected StoriesRelated source material

Where Water Comes Together with Other Water: PoemsRelated source material

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