“You’re skinny.” “It’s this crash weight loss diet I’ve been trying out.” — Charles Martin Diet Copy Share Image
“Never make it without the compass. In the trees, I'd lose all sense of perspective. Direction. Maybe life is like that.” — Charles Martin Compass Copy Share Image
“If God can make a firefly’s butt light up like a star, then anything is possible. Anything.” — Charles Martin Firefly Copy Share Image
“She cried easily. Evidence that she felt much, and most often for other people. A rare and beauty filled gift.” — Charles Martin Beauty Copy Share Image
“It’s complicated.” “Yeah? Welcome to Earth. Everything here is complicated.” — Charles Martin Complicated Copy Share Image
“You believe in things you cannot see and speak a language that only hearts know.” — Charles Martin Believe Copy Share Image
“And they ate supper before they said grace...Oh, um...she moved into his house, stayed awhile, and then they got married.” — Charles Martin Grace Copy Share Image
“What I'm trying to say, and not doing a very good job at, is...will you ride the river with me?” — Charles Martin Doing Copy Share Image
“so, the water that would cleanse me was not water from my head—where I’d learned to rationalize my indifference. But water from… — Charles Martin Water Copy Share Image
“Most people enter a library and don’t hear a thing. Eerie silence. I stand between the shelves and hear ten thousand conversations… — Charles Martin Communication Copy Share Image
“Somebody told me when I first got in this business that people believe what they read until somebody prints something that contradicts… — Charles Martin Business Copy Share Image
“Tucker, I want to tell you a secret." She curled my hand into a fist and showed it to me. "Life is… — Charles Martin Gaze Copy Share Image
“We're all fallen people in a fallen world. Where does a man find healing amid so many broken places? How does he… — Charles Martin Fallen Copy Share Image
“Maybe piecing is continual. Maybe the glue takes time to dry. Maybe bones take time to mend. Maybe it’s okay that the… — Charles Martin Time Copy Share Image
“The library was magical because every time I walked through the door, there were literally thousands of voices ready and willing to… — Charles Martin Library Copy Share Image
“When you laugh...I want to smile. And when you cry...' She brushed the tears off of my face. 'I want the tears… — Charles Martin Laugh Copy Share Image
“Puzzles forced me to look at something from several angles before I moved on, to look again, and again, and possibly again… — Charles Martin Puzzle Copy Share Image
“Child," she said placing her head to mine and her callused fingers on my cheek, "you can whip it and beat it… — Charles Martin Children Copy Share Image
“In my experience, it’s those words on the tip of the tongue that we most need to hear. They are the key.… — Charles Martin Hurt and pain Copy Share Image
“I’m no expert, but I know one thing about anger—it’s like alcohol. At some point, if you pour enough in there, it’s… — Charles Martin Anger Copy Share Image
“Story is the bandage of the broken. Sutures of the shattered. The tapestry upon which we write our lives. Upon which we… — Charles Martin Life Honest Copy Share Image
“Granted, there are a lot of folks whose fires die out, I get that, but I also think there are a lot… — Charles Martin Couples Copy Share Image
“He picked up one of Lorna's roses and set it in my lap. "Here." I picked it up and smelled it. He… — Charles Martin Flower Copy Share Image
“The river never changes. it may alter it's path a bit, but it never changes. It's us who change. We come back… — Charles Martin Change Copy Share Image
“Inside you is a thing worth putting on a pedestal--worth putting out there for all the world to see. That piece of… — Charles Martin Pedestal Copy Share Image
“The stone had been rolled away... That fact alone demands a response.” — Charles Martin Demands Copy Share Image
“...but maybe life is like that - you never know when something that's been hidden is going to rise up and bite… — Charles Martin Life Copy Share Image
“I have come to kno one thing without ay shadow of doubt: if anything in this universe reflects the fingerprint of God,… — Charles Martin Human heart Copy Share Image
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but if you want to hurt someone...way down deep, use words.” — Charles Martin Hurt Copy Share Image
“Identity does not grow out of action until it has taken root in belonging.” — Charles Martin Belonging Copy Share Image
“Darkness does that. It speaks fears that, left alone, remain unspoken, yet real.” — Charles Martin Darkness Copy Share Image
“If your knuckles are bloodier than your knees,then you're fighting the wrong battle.” — Charles Martin Fight Copy Share Image
