There was this funny thing of anything could happen now that we realized everything had.
Raymond CarverBut he stays by the window, remembering that life. They had laughed. They had leaned on each other and laughed until the tears had come, while everything elseโthe cold and where he'd go in itโwas outside, for a while anyway.
Raymond CarverWhen a reader finishes a wonderful story and lays it aside, he should have to pause for a minute and collect himself.
Raymond Carver