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 thingsโa chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a woman's earringโwith immense, even startling power.
Raymond CarverIt's strange. You never start out life with the intention of becoming a bankrupt or an alcoholic or a cheat and a thief. Or a liar.
Raymond Carver