“hard work is still peace compared to what can worry a person on the inside.” — Nancy E. Turner Hard work 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
“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
“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
“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
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
“Well, there is rough old Albert, as ornery as any big brother a girl could have, putting his arm around Savannah and… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
“My life is a tree and I can stay in one place and spread out in all directions, and I can do… — Nancy E. Turner Happiness Copy Share Image
Children are a burden to a mother, but not the way a heavy box is to a mule. Our children weight hard… — Nancy E. Turner 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 Copy Share Image
What a pure blessing it was to have a bath in a tub alone in a room where all you had to… — Nancy E. Turner 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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
