The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I… — Nancy E. Turner Calling Copy Share Image
“It seems as if I can only thing if I write my journal, it just connects the part of my head that… — Nancy E. Turner Doing things 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
“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 Nature Copy Share Image
“I can see being angry with folks. Shoot, I'd about hang Chess on the laundry line any day of the week, but… — 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 Loaded gun Copy Share Image
“[Children] just cannot be sad too long, it is not in them, as children mourn in little bits here and there like… — Nancy E. Turner Children 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
“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
“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
“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
“Home at last, and my little ranch house looks mighty plain, but it is home to me and I am glad to… — Nancy E. Turner Home 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
“Blue Horse said to me... wisdom is not a path, it is a tree.” — Nancy E. Turner Journey Copy Share Image
“I said, Well, looks like he's pretty ornery. I wonder where he gets it? "Jack just shrugged and kissed my cheek, and… — Nancy E. Turner Parenting 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
“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
“A woman is a fool that lives from penny to farthing and n'er looks to the possibility of loss.” — 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
