“You’re skinny.” “It’s this crash weight loss diet I’ve been trying out.” — Charles Martin Diet Copy Share Image
“And I remember that moment, when I knew. That you’d broken loose in me the stuff that only love breaks loose.” — Charles Martin Time 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
“If your knuckles are bloodier than your knees,then you're fighting the wrong battle.” — Charles Martin Fight Copy Share Image
“Darkness does that. It speaks fears that, left alone, remain unspoken, yet real.” — Charles Martin Darkness Copy Share Image
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but if you want to hurt someone...way down deep, use words.” — Charles Martin Copy Share Image
“Identity does not grow out of action until it has taken root in belonging.” — Charles Martin Belonging Copy Share Image
“I was in the process of zooming in when the screen on the GPS flickered to black. I tapped it on the… — Charles Martin Copy Share Image
“Sometimes good judgement comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgement.” — Charles Martin Decision making 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 stared out the window, at the whitecapped mountains in the distance. It was strange, looking at them from the other side.… — Charles Martin Prison Copy Share Image
“The only monster you need to worry about in this life is the one that stares at you from the mirror each… — Charles Martin Fear Copy Share Image
“football is not what you accomplish in solitary feats of greatness, but who you get to play it with. The heart of… — Charles Martin Football 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
“When I find myself wondering what hell must be like, I'm reminded of the terminals in Atlanta. Thousands of people, most of… — Charles Martin 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 Copy Share Image
“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… — Charles Martin Language 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
“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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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 watched her—the way her shoulders moved with the tilt of her head, how her smile lit up the six people around… — Charles Martin Copy Share Image
“The stone had been rolled away... That fact alone demands a response.” — Charles Martin Copy Share Image
