“Forgiveness is a tough thing. Both in the offering…and the accepting.” — Charles Martin Accepting Copy Share Image
“In the history of mankind, no single person yet has learned to swim by having the strokes explained. At some point, they… — Charles Martin History Copy Share Image
“As strange as it sounds, broken people are fixed by other broken people. It's God's economy.” — Charles Martin Broken Copy Share Image
“But there… that night… that moment, it was the first time I’d ever been cut free.” — Charles Martin First time Copy Share Image
“Well...letting the cat out of the bag is a lot easier than putting it in.” — Charles Martin Cats Copy Share Image
“Pessimist, are you?” “I’m a doctor. That makes me an optimist with realistic notions.” — Charles Martin Medicine Copy Share Image
“I'm not leaving you. Not going it alone. Not looking at the memory of you everytime I close my eyes.” — Charles Martin Leaving Copy Share Image
“All hearts have but one request. One simple, unspoken, undeniable need. One undeniable fear. "To be known.” — Charles Martin Fear Copy Share Image
“Scars are just the body's response to things that shouldn't be there. A reminder of the pain. --MacTHOMAS POCKETS” — Charles Martin Fallen world Copy Share Image
“forgiveness offered—especially when so undeserved—cuts chains off the human heart that no other power in any universe anywhere can rattle much less… — Charles Martin Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“That’s life. You take the bad with the good. Rise up through it. Live in the midst of it. It’s the bad… — Charles Martin Good Copy Share Image
“. . . No matter how screwed up the artist might be, there's still the chance that they can produce art that… — Charles Martin Art Copy Share Image
“You can put your boots in the oven, but that doesn't make them biscuits. - You can say whatever you want about… — Charles Martin Biscuits Copy Share Image
“He traced a line in the dirt with his toe. ‘This is a battlefield. Has been since Cain killed Abel. And don’t… — Charles Martin Black and white Copy Share Image
“We, all of us, have been affected by war, hurricanes, drought, economic hardship. The result is a disease—an epidemic—called ‘hopelessness.’ It’s carried… — Charles Martin Epidemic Copy Share Image
“Este es el amor con las piernas.” She then translated without being asked. “‘This is love with legs.’ My father used to… — Charles Martin Love Copy Share Image
“You take the bad with the good, Rise up through it. Live in the mist of it. It's the bad that lets… — Charles Martin Good Copy Share Image
“We’re different, all right. But I enjoy him. He makes me laugh. And we have a lot in common.” “People go to… — Charles Martin Choose love Copy Share Image
“People marvel at the genius of Mozart because he supposedly wrote "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" at the age of three and composed… — Charles Martin Genius Copy Share Image
“Once a heart breaks…it doesn’t just grow back. It’s not a lizard’s tail. It’s more like a huge stained glass that shattered… — Charles Martin Heart breaks Copy Share Image
“You know sometimes when I walk into your room with a flashlight or a candle?' I nodded. 'Well, love is like that.… — Charles Martin Darkness Copy Share Image
“I think when two people really love each other...way down deep...like where the souls sleep and dreams happen, where pain can't live… — Charles Martin Dreams Copy Share Image
“The books talked about it [the heart] as if it were a sump pump stuck down in the muck and mire of… — Charles Martin Books Copy Share Image
“Marry the man who’s going to walk with you through the next fifty or sixty years. Open doors, hold your hand, make… — Charles Martin Marry Copy Share Image
“She smiled, tilted her head, and . . . have you ever seen video of melting glaciers where huge chunks, the size… — Charles Martin Melting Copy Share Image
“Scientists say that these things evolved this way over millions of years." He shook his head. "That's a bunch of bunk. I… — Charles Martin Humor Copy Share Image
“I had this dream that my life was a rolling canvas. Everyday it rolled off the sheet, bleached white, into the beach… — Charles Martin Artist Copy Share Image
“I watched her—the way her shoulders moved with the tilt of her head, how her smile lit up the six people around… — Charles Martin Broken Copy Share Image
“Termite, you're young, and I'm not sure if you're going to understand what I'm about to say, but here's the nugget: Without… — Charles Martin Heart Copy Share Image
“Maybe each of us was once a complete whole. A clear picture. A single piece. Then something happened to crack and shatter… — Charles Martin Splintered Copy Share Image
“From out of your heart, you speak." -Emma, When Crickets Cry” — Charles Martin Character Copy Share Image