“I think it was this: like most of us, he was carrying a misery in his soul. I don't say it to forgive what he done, [sic] only to say it as true as I can. He was a wrong-minded… — Lee Martin Copy Share Image
“That dream was still in my head, that crazy dream about Katie and me on Dumbo the elephant and Mr. Dees walking in the… — Lee Martin Copy Share Image
“Uncertainty is a good thing at the end of a narrative. A simultaneous gain and loss captures the complexity of human existence. The way… — Lee Martin Copy Share Image
“When someone you love disappears, it's like the light goes dim, and you're in the shadows. You try to do what people tell you:… — Lee Martin Copy Share Image
“That's the way it was, always will be. nothing we can do to make it different. It's a story now, and stories have endings… — Lee Martin Copy Share Image
“Is it too late?" I asked Margot Cherry that afternoon. It's been more than thirty years and still I can remember how my voice… — Lee Martin Copy Share Image
“[sic]Keep looking up, Mama used to tell me. There's nothing on the ground but your feet.” — Lee Martin Copy Share Image
“You can pretend that your life is going on when really, all along, you’re trapped in a moment you’ll never be able to change.” — Lee Martin Copy Share Image
“Some folks can't hide things. They don't have enough, not enough money or influence or shame.” — Lee Martin Copy Share Image
“I thought to myself then that it didn't matter where I ended up; I'd always be living that summer in that town, wishing that… — Lee Martin Copy Share Image
“... in a snap the world can fall down around you and leave you, for years and years, trying to get back to a… — Lee Martin Copy Share Image
“The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.” — Lee Martin Copy Share Image
“Later, while she was sleeping, she woke to the sound of Ray moving through the house. At first she confused. She thought she was… — Lee Martin Copy Share Image
![“I think it was this: like most of us, he was carrying a misery in his soul. I don't say it to forgive what he done, [sic] only to say it as true as I can. He was a wrong-minded man, but inside- I swear this is true- he was always that little boy eating that fried-egg sandwich in that dark hallway…” quote by Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/90e/lee-martin-30710_dead-end_i-think-it-was-this-like-most-of-us-he-w_1936252.jpg)
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