“hard work is still peace compared to what can worry a person on the inside.” — Nancy E. Turner Hard work Copy Share Image
“I wondered someday if the devil might wake up and see he got the wrong girl, what will happen then?” — Nancy E. Turner Devil 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
How is it possible for me to feel so young and so old at the same time? — Nancy E. Turner 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 Fool Copy Share Image
Taking up marriage is a good excuse for taking up cursing, I think. — Nancy E. Turner Cursing Copy Share Image
“Education doesn't keep a person from being a fool, and the lack of it doesn't keep a person from being intelligent.” — Nancy E. Turner Education Copy Share Image
“I rode toward Rudolfo Maldonado's house, planning to murder him before he got his morning shave.” — Nancy E. Turner Murder 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“We have talked about Suzy and about her last days, but it's as if our lives stopped then and there. If I… — Nancy E. Turner Communication Copy Share Image
“It is an awful thing to look on such sad circumstance and not be able to shed a tear. It is not… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
“It seems there is always a road with bends and forks to choose, and taking one path means you can never take… — Nancy E. Turner Art of life Copy Share Image
“We attended church Sunday as a family, and it was an even balance as to who was harder to keep still, the… — Nancy E. Turner Family Copy Share Image
“I might like to have someone courting me. But it would have to be someone who is a square shooter and who… — Nancy E. Turner Courage Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Faulkner had sidled up to me and said Good day, Mrs. Elliot? I just looked at her, and I saw in… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
“Blue Horse said to me... wisdom is not a path, it is a tree.” — Nancy E. Turner Journey 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
