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Long Way Gone QUOTES

Long Way Gone QUOTES

1 " ...because casinos are really good at taking people's money and making them feel worse than they did when they walked in, they offer live entertainment to medicate the malaise. Or lessen the blow. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

2 " Here's the truth: No matter what happened on the stage tonight, no matter where you went when you drove out of here, no matter where you end up, no matter what happens, what you become, what you gain, what you lose, whether you succeed or fail, stand or fall, no matter what you dip your hands into...no gone is too far gone.

You can always come home.

And when you do, you'll find me standing right here, arms wide, eyes searching for your return.

I love you. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

3 " That was the night I learned the value of an old hymn. How something so old and "out-of-date" could say words my heart needed to hear and didn't know how to say. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

4 " No matter where you go, no matter what happens, what you become, what you gain, what you lose, no matter whether you succeed or fail, stand or fall, no matter what you dip your hands into . . . no gone is too far gone. Son, you can always come home. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

5 " This side of the grave, no one--and I don't care who they are or what sin or sins they have or are committing--is too far gone. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

6 " A song is a light we shine on others, not a light we shine on us. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

7 " Don't let the fear of what might be rob you of the promise of what can. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

8 " We're all broken, all walk with a limp. Here is the truth about you and me: even when in a far-off country, wasted life, stripped bare, smeared, squandered, nothing but scar tissue and shameful, self-inflicted wounds, the love of the Father finds the son and daughter. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

9 " do know this—this right here is just prelude. Dress rehearsal. The intro. One of these days each one of us is going to get called up and given the chance to join our voices in a song we’ve never heard, yet one we’ve known our whole lives. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

10 " ...when it comes to the truth, people have a right to know it. Always. No matter how much you think it might hurt, the truth is the only thing that both cuts us free and holds us tight. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

11 " Music is a gift. We make it to give it away. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

12 " I’m not leaving something for you. I’m leaving something in you. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

13 " No matter where you go, no matter whether you succeed or fail, stand or fall, no gone is too far gone. You can always come home. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

14 " Everything in me wanted to go home. To fall on my dad, tell him about Jimmy, and tell him 'I'm sorry.' But there was another part of me that would not let me do that. And that part needed to make something of the mess that was me. To walk home with something more than scars and empty hands. To be something other than a failure. I was caught in the middle of that tug-of-war. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

15 " Music is its own dimension and it reaches people at a level that is beneath their DNA. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

16 " You can’t tell a dead man you’re sorry. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

17 " The requirement is that we turn back. Pivot on our heels and put one foot in front of the other. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

18 " But if you start making money at the expense of why you do what you do, or why you were given this gift in the first place, then you need to ask yourself how badly you want that money. In the end, the cost might be more than you can pay. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

19 " I do know this—this right here is just prelude. Dress rehearsal. The intro. One of these days each one of us is going to get called up and given the chance to join our voices in a song we’ve never heard, yet one we’ve known our whole lives. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone

20 " Some are wrestling with painful words spoken over them by someone they love or walking around in chains of their own making. "

― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone