Raymond Carver Quotes

My biggest problem is what to do about all the things I cant do anything about.

I tend not to worry about things I can't do anything about. It's not in my nature to spend too much time thinking.

When you're type A you always think you can fix anything. Sometimes there's nothing you can do.

Ah," said the jailer, "do not always brood over what is impossible, or you will be mad in a fortnight.

I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. They will break no matter what we do.

It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?

I try not to get depressed about stuff I can't do anything about.

It's frustrating that my body can't do what my mind wants it to do sometimes. But worrying or complaining about it isn't going to fix anything.

I've stopped many things such as healthy eating. What's the point? In this post-truth era, I feel increasingly powerless.

I'm not yet desperate enough to do anything about the conditions that are making me desperate.

Things just happen. What the hell.

If a problem can be solved it will be. If it can not be solved there is no use worrying about it.

No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.

If you can't fix it, you have to stand it.

There seemed nothing to do but live.

What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can't move, with no hope of rescue. Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer.

I've definitely had times in my life where I've been depressed and not able to do anything at all.

It's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much.

There is nothing you can do about it but sit back and watch.

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about.

I think life throws enough curveballs that you shouldn't make such a big deal out of everything.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life. My way of dealing with frustration is to shut down and to think and speak logically.

I briefly did therapy, but after a while, I realised it is just like a farmer complaining about the weather. You can't fix the weather - you just have to get on with it.

I do get cynical, but what can you do? It doesn't make any difference.