Where Water Comes Together with Other Water Quotes

“My lungs are thick with the smoke of your absence.”
― Raymond Carver, Where Water Comes Together with Other Water: Poems

“The places where water comes together with other water. Those places stand out in my mind like holy places.”
― Raymond Carver, Where Water Comes Together with Other Water: Poems

“How far would you run with a piece of lead in your heart?”
― Raymond Carver, Where Water Comes Together with Other Water: Poems

“It was then I remembered
back to those days and how
telephones used to jump when they rang.
And the people who would come
in those early-morning hours
to pound on the door in alarm.
Never mind the alarm felt inside.
I remembered that, and gravy dinners.
Knives lying around, waiting
for trouble. Going to bed
and hoping I wouldn’t wake up.

I love you, Bro, you said.
And then a sob passed
between us. I took hold
of the receiver as if
it were my buddy’s arm.
And I wished for us both
I could put my arms
around you, old friend.
I love you too, Bro.
I said that, and then we hung up.”
― Raymond Carver, Where Water Comes Together with Other Water: Poems