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When Crickets Cry
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"When Crickets Cry" Quotes

A heartwarming story of love, loss, and the healing power of music.

Quotes

I’ve learned a lot about people from playing music for them. I’ve learned that music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.

Charles Martin

musicemotions

Sometimes we get so absorbed in our pain, we forget to see the pain of others.

Charles Martin

empathycompassion

Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark.

Charles Martin

hopefaith

I don’t think we are meant to understand everything. I think sometimes we are meant to believe.

Charles Martin

belieffaith

There are some things you don’t want to know. Some things are better off not known.

Charles Martin

ignoranceknowledge

Forgiveness is giving up the right to hurt someone back for hurting you.

Charles Martin

forgiveness

Music has a way of doing things to you, doesn’t it? It can pick you up and carry you back in time.

Charles Martin

musicnostalgia

You want to know what I think? I think sometimes the best thing you can do for someone is to give them room to fall apart.

Charles Martin

supportcompassion

You can’t control the events of your life. You can only control your response to them.

Charles Martin

resiliencecontrol

It’s amazing what you can see when you just sit still and watch.

Charles Martin

observationawareness