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Short Quotes by Raymond Carver
- It's possible, in a poem or short story, to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language, and to endow those things—a…
- My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form.
- In short, everything about his life was different for him at the bottom of that well.
- If we're lucky, writer and reader alike, we'll finish the last line or two of a short story and then just sit for a minute,…
- Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is…
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- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do… — Paul Auster
- The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters. — Mary Astell
- I particularly like Twitter, because it's short and can be very funny and informative. It's a little bit like having your own… — Margaret Atwood
- Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet once in a bar very late at… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted but a… — John James Audubon
- Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy. — Ibrahim Babangida
- The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. — Lord Acton
- The long days are no happier than the short ones. — Philip James Bailey
- But I enjoyed getting sick, I didn't mind it at all. So in that short amount of time, I did actually go… — Christian Bale