--- title: "1 Tell Broken Quotes By Charles Martin" description: "1 Tell Broken quotes by Charles Martin. Plus more from Charles Martin and more Tell Broken sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/charles-martin-4510_broken_i-watched-her-the-way-her-shoulders-move_1776023.jpg" --- > [“I watched her—the way her shoulders moved with the tilt of her head, how her smile lit up the six people around her, how her hair, tucked behind her ears, framed her face like baby’s breath. I thought about how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/i-watched-her-the-way-her-shoulders-moved-with-the-tilt-of-her-head/) [Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/charles-martin-4510_broken_i-watched-her-the-way-her-shoulders-move_1776023.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-broken/charles-martin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Tell Broken Quotes By Charles Martin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I watched her—the way her shoulders moved with the tilt of her head, how her smile lit up the six people around her, how her hair, tucked behind her ears, framed her face like baby’s breath. 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