5 Best RAYMOND CARVER Quotes

“My eyes were still closed. I was in my house. I knew that. But I didn't feel like I was inside anything.”

The narrator at the end of 'Cathedral' after drawing the cathedral with Robert, experiencing a moment of transcendence.

“I'm not doing anything. I'm just sitting here.”

The narrator in 'Cathedral' when Robert asks what he is doing, highlighting his passivity and resistance to connection.

“The baker was not an old man, but he was not young either. His face was red and his hands were floury.”

Description of the baker in 'A Small, Good Thing' when the parents confront him.

“I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark.”

The narrator in 'A Small, Good Thing' after the baker offers them rolls, a moment of shared silence and connection.

“I'm not a bad person. I'm a good person. I just have bad luck.”

A character's self-assessment in 'Where I'm Calling From', reflecting the theme of personal failure and circumstance.