125 Quotes by Charles Martin

You would create bad blood between City Council and the School Board.

In the history of mankind, no single person yet has learned to swim by having the strokes explained. At some point, they dive in.

Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled.

I stared out the window, at the whitecapped mountains in the distance. It was strange, looking at them from the other side. A month ago I had stood in the Salt Lake City Airport and wondered what was on the other side. Now I knew. I imagine prison bars are the same way. Maybe a grave.

Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes. This... is goodbye. But not out last hello.

Tucker, I want to tell you a secret.” She curled my hand into a fist and showed it to me. “Life is a battle, but you can’t fight it with your fists.” She gently tapped me on the chin with my fist and then put her hand on my chest, ” You got to figt it with your heart.

Touch my lips with the burning coal, light me, and let it rain.

I’m one half of a two-piece puzzle.

We stood in silence, and yet I heard a familiar voice saying, Listen here, child, that’s God’s little girl, baggage and all, so don’t go judging the cover. He doesn’t care what she looks like. He’ll take her and us any way he can get us. Just like the woman at the well. Best you switch lenses and start seeing her that way too.