“In the beginning, when I was trying to write, I couldnt turn off the outside world to the extent that I can now.” WorldWritingTryingI CanTurnsOutside WorldTurn Off Author:Raymond Carver
“That was in Crescent City, California, up near the Oregon border. I left soon after. But today I was thinking of that place, of Crescent City, and of how I was trying out a new life there with my wife, and how, in the barber's chair that morning, I had made up my mind to go. I was thinking today about the calm I felt when I closed my eyes and let the barber's fingers move through my hair, the sweetness of those fingers, the hair already starting to grow.” ThinkingTryingMindMadeEyeTodayMovingLeftGrowsFeltCitiesMorningWifeHairFingersStartingCalmMy WifeCaliforniaBordersChairsSweetnessNew LifeOregonBarbersCrescent Book:Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories Source: Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
“That morning she pours Teacher's over my belly and licks it off. That afternoon she tries to jump out the window.” TryingMorningTeacherWindowAfternoonBelly Book:Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories Source: Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
“All of us, all of us, all of us trying to save our immortal souls, some ways seemingly more round about and mysterious than others. We are having a good time here. But hope all will be revealed soon.” WayTryingSoulRoundsMysteriousGood TimesImmortalHaving A Good TimeImmortal Soul Book:All of Us: The Collected Poems Source: All of Us: The Collected Poems
