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Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938.
* He grew up in Yakima, Washington, and worked a variety of jobs, including janitor, factory worker, and gas station attendant.
* He began writing poetry and short stories in the early 1960s.
* His first collection of short stories, "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?", was published in 1976.
* He won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1988 for his collection "Where I'm Calling From".
* He died of lung cancer in 1988 at the age of 50.
* His work is known for its spare, realistic style and its focus on the lives of ordinary people.
* He is considered one of the most important American short story writers of the 20th century.

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

Raymond Carver

Late FragmentAnd did you get whatyou wanted from this life, even so?I did.And what did you want?To call myself beloved, to feel myselfbeloved on the earth.

Raymond Carver

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

Raymond Carver

But I can hardly sit still. I keep fidgeting, crossing one leg and then the other. I feel like I could throw off sparks, or break a window--maybe rearrange all the furniture.

Raymond Carver

there isn't enough of anythingas long as we live. But at intervalsa sweetness appears and, given a chanceprevails.

Raymond Carver

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