Famous Raymond Carver Quotes

  • But dying is for the sweetest ones. And he remembers sweetness, when life was sweet, and sweetly he was given that other lifetime. – Raymond Carver

    But dying is for the sweetest ones. And he remembers sweetness, when life was sweet, and sweetly he was given that other lifetime.– Raymond Carver

  • Honey, no offense, but sometimes I think I could shoot you and watch you kick. – Raymond Carver

    Honey, no offense, but sometimes I think I could shoot you and watch you kick.– Raymond Carver

  • I’m moving to Nevada. Either there or kill myself. – Raymond Carver

    I’m moving to Nevada. Either there or kill myself.– Raymond Carver

  • They talked on into the early morning, the high, pale cast of light in the windows, and they did not think of leaving. – Raymond Carver

    They talked on into the early morning, the high, pale cast of light in the windows, and they did not think of leaving.– Raymond Carver

  • I’m always learning something. Learning never ends. – Raymond Carver

    I’m always learning something. Learning never ends.– Raymond Carver

  • I don’t fire up the prose. I just tell it straight and don’t fool around with it. – Raymond Carver

    I don’t fire up the prose. I just tell it straight and don’t fool around with it.– Raymond Carver

  • I’m a heart surgeon, sure, but I’m just a mechanic. I go in and I ???? around and I fix things. Shit. – Raymond Carver

    I’m a heart surgeon, sure, but I’m just a mechanic. I go in and I ???? around and I fix things. Shit.– Raymond Carver

  • We knew our days were numbered. We had fouled up our lives and we were getting ready for a shake-up. – Raymond Carver

    We knew our days were numbered. We had fouled up our lives and we were getting ready for a shake-up.– Raymond Carver

  • Dreams, you know, are what you wake up from. – Raymond Carver

    Dreams, you know, are what you wake up from.– Raymond Carver