“Granted, there are a lot of folks whose fires die out, I get that, but I also think there are a lot… — Charles Martin Marriage 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
“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 Flowers 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 Inspirational 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 Good job 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 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
“Identity does not grow out of action until it has taken root in belonging.” — Charles Martin Identity 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
“The problem with a wish list was what it told you about the person who wrote it. If it's honest, it's a… — Charles Martin Hats 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
“You rescued me when I thought nobody would. When I thought I wasn't worth the effort. You gave me everything and asked… — Charles Martin Cowboy 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 Suffering Copy Share Image
“We stood in silence, and yet I heard a familiar voice saying, Listen here, child, that’s God’s little girl, baggage and all,… — Charles Martin Little girl Copy Share Image
“Thinking about life and how short it is. How we’re always just a breath away from overturned in the ditch with a… — Charles Martin Thinking about life Copy Share Image
“You put a new heart in Emma a long time ago, it just wasn’t the kind you were thinking of.” He laughed… — Charles Martin Heart 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 Dream Copy Share Image
“If manhood is passed down, if it is a mantle cut from the cloth of one and draped across another, it is… — Charles Martin Copy Share Image
“A change in paperwork [birth certificate] can't erase words stamped on the human heart.” — Charles Martin Change Copy Share Image
“Waiting for somebody does that. It turns minutes to hours, hours to days, and days to several lifetimes.” — Charles Martin 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 Healing Copy Share Image
“Sometimes good judgement comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgement.” — Charles Martin Decision making Copy Share Image
