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> [“The river never changes. it may alter it's path a bit, but it never changes. It's us who change. We come back here and we're are different. Not it." Form can't be extracted from the essence like some broth reduction."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/the-river-never-changes-it-may-alter-it-s-path-a-bit-but-it-never/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

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## More by Charles Martin

> [“Scientists say that these things evolved this way over millions of years." He shook his head. "That's a bunch of bunk. I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/scientists-say-that-these-things-evolved-this-way-over-millions-of/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

> [“They say God made man, but Sam Colt made them equal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/they-say-god-made-man-but-sam-colt-made-them-equal/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

> [“That’s life. You take the bad with the good. Rise up through it. Live in the midst of it. It’s the bad that lets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/that-s-life-you-take-the-bad-with-the-good-rise-up-through-it-live-in/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

> [“In my experience, it’s those words on the tip of the tongue that we most need to hear. They are the key. The thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/in-my-experience-it-s-those-words-on-the-tip-of-the-tongue-that-we/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

> [“...forgive your enemies...it messes with their heads.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/forgive-your-enemies-it-messes-with-their-heads/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

> [“Broken people just need piecing back together.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/broken-people-just-need-piecing-back-together/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

> [“Child," she said placing her head to mine and her callused fingers on my cheek, "you can whip it and beat it senseless, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/child-she-said-placing-her-head-to-mine-and-her-callused-fingers-on/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

> [“Child, the Lord gives you what you need, when you need it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/child-the-lord-gives-you-what-you-need-when-you-need-it/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

> [“Ashley tried to speak. Tried again and still could not find the words. Finally she wiped her eyes, pressed her ear to my chest,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/ashley-tried-to-speak-tried-again-and-still-could-not-find-the-words/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

> [“What do you want in a woman, in life?' I thought a moment...'The Rangers...we began to describe one another in a few simple words:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/what-do-you-want-in-a-woman-in-life-i-thought-a-moment-the-rangers-we/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

> [“Of the six million species on the planet, only man makes language. Words. What's more--in evidence of the Divine--we string those symbols together and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/of-the-six-million-species-on-the-planet-only-man-makes-language/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

> [“People marvel at the genius of Mozart because he supposedly wrote "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" at the age of three and composed his first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/people-marvel-at-the-genius-of-mozart-because-he-supposedly-wrote/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

> [“The river never changes. it may alter it's path a bit, but it never changes. It's us who change. We come back here and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/the-river-never-changes-it-may-alter-it-s-path-a-bit-but-it-never/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

> [“Maybe broken is what happens before you become unbroken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/maybe-broken-is-what-happens-before-you-become-unbroken/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

> [“Gonna be a real frog-strangling turd-floater.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/gonna-be-a-real-frog-strangling-turd-floater/)

[Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/)

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