Lee Martin > Quotes

“The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.”
― Lee Martin, The Bright Forever

“You can pretend that your life is going on when really, all along, you’re trapped in a moment you’ll never be able to change.”
― Lee Martin, The Bright Forever

“When someone you love disappears, it's like the light goes dim, and you're in the shadows. You try to do what people tell you: put one foot in front of the other; keep looking up; give yourself over to the seconds and minutes and hours. But always there's taht glimmer of light-that way of living you once knew-sort of faded and smoky like the crescent moon on a winter's night when the air is full of ice and clouds, but still there, hanging just over your head. You think it's not far. Your think at any moment you can reach out and grab it.”
― Lee Martin, The Bright Forever

“That dream was still in my head, that crazy dream about Katie and me on Dumbo the elephant and Mr. Dees walking in the clouds. When I opened my mouth, the dream was on my tongue, as was the feeling that I'd had ever since--the sensation that sometimes life was so wonderful it was scary, not to be trusted.”
― Lee Martin, The Bright Forever

“The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.”
― Lee Martin, The Bright Forever