"Get in, get out. Don't linger. Go on."

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Source : Raymond Carver (2015). “Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories”, p.23, Vintage

Raymond Carver

#Goes On Quotes

“But in that moment when my brother took the field, all that washed away, and everyone was proud... I looked up at my dad, and he was smiling. I looked at my mom, and she was smiling even though she was nervous about my brother getting hurt, which was strange because it was a VCR tape of an old game, and she knew he didn't get hurt.”
“Find your happiness in yourself.”
“We transported eight giraffes, and there are now nine because one gave birth to a male shortly afterwards. They carry their pregnancies very well-they all looked the same.”
“The photographic industry was the refuge of all the painters who couldn't make it, either because they had no talent or because they were too lazy to finish their studies. Hence this universal infatuation was not only characterized by blindness and stupidity, but also by vindictiveness.”
“I asked her if I was black or white. She replied "You are a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!”

Source : James McBride (2012). “The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother”, p.70, A&C Black
“It is not a problem. I had been nominated by my country Uganda and the African continent had endorsed me... No matter how much noise the frogs make, they cannot stop a cow from drinking water.”
“If you want to score a goal, you have to hit the target.”
“Planet Lucy Press? I incorporated myself to deal with publishing and was calling myself Big Bang Incorporated, which of course has to do with the Big Bang at the beginning of creation.”

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