--- title: "1 Thought Married Quotes By Lee Martin" description: "1 Thought Married quotes by Lee Martin. Plus more from Lee Martin and more Thought Married sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/lee-martin-30710_old-life_later-while-she-was-sleeping-she-woke-to_1835205.jpg" --- > [“Later, while she was sleeping, she woke to the sound of Ray moving through the house. At first she confused. She thought she was still married to Bill. Then, when she had everythbing straight in her head, shame washed over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/later-while-she-was-sleeping-she-woke-to-the-sound-of-ray-moving/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/lee-martin-30710_old-life_later-while-she-was-sleeping-she-woke-to_1835205.jpg) ## More by Lee Martin > [“That dream was still in my head, that crazy dream about Katie and me on Dumbo the elephant and Mr. Dees walking in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/that-dream-was-still-in-my-head-that-crazy-dream-about-katie-and-me/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) > [“Uncertainty is a good thing at the end of a narrative. A simultaneous gain and loss captures the complexity of human existence. The way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/uncertainty-is-a-good-thing-at-the-end-of-a-narrative-a-simultaneous/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) > [“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:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/when-someone-you-love-disappears-it-s-like-the-light-goes-dim-and-you/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/that-s-the-way-it-was-always-will-be-nothing-we-can-do-to-make-it/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/is-it-too-late-i-asked-margot-cherry-that-afternoon-it-s-been-more/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) > [ “\[sic\]Keep looking up, Mama used to tell me. There's nothing on the ground but your feet.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/sic-keep-looking-up-mama-used-to-tell-me-there-s-nothing-on-the/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) > [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/you-can-pretend-that-your-life-is-going-on-when-really-all-along-you/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) > [“Some folks can't hide things. They don't have enough, not enough money or influence or shame.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/some-folks-can-t-hide-things-they-don-t-have-enough-not-enough-money/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/i-thought-to-myself-then-that-it-didn-t-matter-where-i-ended-up-i-d/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) > [“... in a snap the world can fall down around you and leave you, for years and years, trying to get back to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/in-a-snap-the-world-can-fall-down-around-you-and-leave-you-for-years/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) > [“The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/the-measure-of-a-man-s-character-is-what-he-would-do-if-he-knew-he/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) > [“Later, while she was sleeping, she woke to the sound of Ray moving through the house. At first she confused. She thought she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/later-while-she-was-sleeping-she-woke-to-the-sound-of-ray-moving/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/i-think-it-was-this-like-most-of-us-he-was-carrying-a-misery-in-his/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) > [“But there was a flip side to his fastidiousness. He saw that now. It was a nose-in-the-air way of moving through the world. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/but-there-was-a-flip-side-to-his-fastidiousness-he-saw-that-now-it/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) > [“Life had gone on. It always did. that's what you learned as you got older. Time. It kept moving. You wished you could change.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-martin/life-had-gone-on-it-always-did-that-s-what-you-learned-as-you-got/) [Lee Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-martin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thought-married/lee-martin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Thought Married Quotes By Lee Martin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Later, while she was sleeping, she woke to the sound of Ray moving through the house. At first she confused. She thought she was still married to Bill. Then, when she had everythbing straight in her head, shame washed over her because she had denied her first husband when she had told Ray that no man had ever been as good to her as he had. But it was true, wasn't it? She lay in bed, listening to him opening cabinets, and she knew it was impossible to say what was between people, and the longer you were with someone, the harder it was to even come close. All she knew was that once she had been with Bill and now she was with Ray. 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