Bags Quote by Nancy Byrd Turner

“Distinctively gentle he was, and trustworthy, and of special courtesy. His great physical strength was never used in combat, men remembered, except when needed…

— Nancy Byrd Turner

“She saw at last that her strange son was fired by some purpose which he would carry out or die. Seeing that, she finally…

— Nancy Byrd Turner

Easter's nearly here, now - Sing, world, sing!

— Nancy Byrd Turner

“It is safe to say that not all the cooking and sewing and farm management of an entire year signified as much hard work…

— Nancy Byrd Turner

“The trouble is, we are incurable sentimentalists. We insist on makin over historical characters to suit our preconceived notions of what they should be,…

— Nancy Byrd Turner

Under our thatch, friend, place shall abide for you, touch but the latch, friend, the door will swing wide for you!

— Nancy Byrd Turner

“But this woman was all mother. A stern one, perhaps, and autocratic at times, and somewhat hard--but after all and in spite of all,…

— Nancy Byrd Turner

Death is only an old door/Set in a garden wall.

— Nancy Byrd Turner

Death is only an old door Set in a garden wall; On quiet hinges it gives, at dusk When the thrushes call. Along the…

— Nancy Byrd Turner

The Bookshop has a thousand books, All colors, hues, and tinges, And every cover is a door That turns on magic hinges.

— Nancy Byrd Turner

“By nature and by training this woman was all for conservation of life. She had been brought up in rather a strict and narrow…

— Nancy Byrd Turner

“Common sense...was one of the strongest ingredients of her character. She knew well enough that her fate was not to be an iota different…

— Nancy Byrd Turner