“hard work is still peace compared to what can worry a person on the inside.” — Nancy E. Turner Hard work Copy Share Image
How is it possible for me to feel so young and so old at the same time? — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
“A nice girl should never go anywhere without a loaded gun and a big knife." ~ Sarah Agnes Prine” — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
“I wish the Lord would just knock me over with kindness and goodness and simple purity, because I don't seem to be… — Nancy E. Turner Kindness Copy Share Image
“I can hardly wait to read it all. But it seems I don't have three minutes to rub together. Some time soon… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
“I think my Mama and Savannah must be special people in the Lord's eyes, as they have gone about doing generous and… — Nancy E. Turner Inspirational Copy Share Image
“It is a hard thing to let your children near danger, and yet, I remember my Papa teaching me to fire a… — Nancy E. Turner Children Copy Share Image
“One thing I know, whispered Savannah, is that if he was quiet, and you were quiet, and neither of you minded it,… — Nancy E. Turner Love Copy Share Image
“He plunges into the middle of them and it is a frightening thing. He must be fierce and wicked and brave all… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
My life feels like a book left out on the porch, and the wind blows the pages faster and faster, turning always… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
“Reckon women don't think like men." "Why on earth don't they learn how?" I rubbed my face. "Ain't meant to, honey." I… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
“I read more of Treasure Island to him, and it pleased him a great deal. It seems to me that there are… — Nancy E. Turner Life Copy Share Image
“I told Mama and Savannah about Ruben's proposal. That got us to talking about marriage and we laughed and cried some, and… — Nancy E. Turner Friends Copy Share Image
“I have named the star Jack's Star. It is beautiful and bright and gives me joy when it is here and pain… — Nancy E. Turner Educated people Copy Share Image
“They were just little families cooking beans and planting and hunting a deer now and then, and having babies and laying their… — Nancy E. Turner Family Copy Share Image
“Well, he perked right up and said, Five hundred dollars? Mrs. Elliot, I believe we can be of service to you after… — Nancy E. Turner Money Copy Share Image
“No wonder Mama went away in her head when Clover passed on. And then Papa. I am going to visit my Mama… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
“One thing I'd learned from all the burying I'd attended was that sometimes it's hard to pay attention. Burying someone you know… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I feel like a tree on a hill, at the place where all the wind blows and the hail hits the… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
“I used to complain to myself that life was so boring, that there was too much laundry to do, too many noses… — Nancy E. Turner Life Copy Share Image
“Our children weigh hard on my heart, and thinking about them growing up honest and healthy, or just living to grow up… — Nancy E. Turner Children Copy Share Image
“Udell was an ordinary man, I thought, but a man with an extraordinary way of thinking. That was truly worth more than… — Nancy E. Turner Love Copy Share Image
“One thing I know from living with Jack is that war, any war, stains a man deep, and nothing can get the… — Nancy E. Turner War Copy Share Image
“Low down dirty ornery rotten skunk of a cussed mule-headed soldier! What's he want with my book anyway? And what kind of… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
“At times, it's better to think of exactly what is happening right in front of you every second, rather than going through… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
“And he likes to torment me, and laughs when I get upset when he does. No, of course not. I do not… — Nancy E. Turner Anger Copy Share Image
“It's not fair, men get to go off and chase around the country and get medals for doing stupid things and women… — Nancy E. Turner Feminism Copy Share Image
“How could I explain to a beautiful lady in a silk dress that when I picked up her baby girl, I felt… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
“I have been sad almost a whole year, thinking that taking that test was somehow the end of my learning and that… — Nancy E. Turner Life Copy Share Image
“Mama said it's probably because of Suzanne, and that you are never the same after a child dies. That made me wonder… — Nancy E. Turner Children Copy Share Image
“Why should being quiet mean you're in love? Because, she said. That means you aren't nervous with each other, or affected, or… — Nancy E. Turner Communication Copy Share Image
Mama told me to make a special point to remember the best times of my life. There are so many hard things… — Nancy E. Turner Beautiful Copy Share Image
