Quotes from book
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is a 1981 collection of short stories by American writer Raymond Carver, as well as the title of one of the stories in the collection.


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“It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love.”

Raymond Carver book What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

Variant: and it ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love.
Source: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

Raymond Carver photo
Raymond Carver photo
Raymond Carver photo
Raymond Carver photo
Raymond Carver photo

“A man can go along obeying all the rules and then it don’t matter a damn anymore.”

Raymond Carver book What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

Source: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981)

Raymond Carver photo
Raymond Carver photo
Raymond Carver photo

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