From out of the heart, the mouth speaks

Here are a few more excerpts from the book, When Crickets Cry.

Tme main character and his wife are praying together before bed,

Husband: "...if you're all out of options, then let's give Emma my heart. It's a good strong one."
After the prayer, Emma (his wife): "You can't give what you don't have."
Husband: "But--,"
Emma: "You already gave it to me."

So sweet!

This one is a little longer. The husband is talking to a kid who is looking at porn magazines.

Husband: "Your mind imprints images, especially that kind, on the heart, so that ten and fifteen years down the road, when you're married and trying to make something out of your life, thye come drifting back, bubbling up and reminding you how much greener the grass is outside your own bed. I have loved one woman in my lifetime...she's been gone five years, but, I've got enough memories to last a lifetime, and I wouldn't sell you a single one for every picture in every magazine around the world. And you know something-the ones where she has her clothes on are worth just as much as the ones without," "Love is no tool; neither is a woman's heart."

Kid: "I think you need to test drive a few cars before you buy one."

Husband: "You can buy that lie if you want, but if you're working for a bank, you don't study the counterfeit to know the real thing. You study the real thing to know the counterfeit," "From out of the heart, you speak. You put that crap in your heart, and you can't help but find it coming out your mouth. It'll color and flavor your whole person. Pretty soon, it'll eat you up."

I finished this book and absolutely loved it and can't wait to read more by this author, Charles Martin. So good!