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The fiction Im most interested in has lines of reference to the real world.
Raymond Carver
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Raymond Carver
Age: 50 †
Born: 1938
Born: May 25
Died: 1988
Died: August 2
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Happiness. It comes on unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really, any early morning talk about it.
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This is awful. I don't know what's going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world.
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There is no answer. It's okay. But even if it wasn't okay, what am I supposed to do?
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