Nancy E. Turner

Quotes

• “I asked Mama was it a sin to do what I done, and she said no, it was the same as David slaying Goliath, it was only to s...”
• “Children are a burden to a mother, but not the way a heavy box is to a mule. Our children weight hard on my heart, and t...”
• “Mama told me to make a special point to remember the best times of my life. There are so many hard things to live throug...”
• “I have a deep-down belief that there are folks in the world who are good through and through, and others who came in mea...”
• “What a pure blessing it was to have a bath in a tub alone in a room where all you had to do was pump the water, not tote...”
• “It seems as if I can only thing if I write my journal, it just connects the part of my head that is busy doing things wi...”
• “Mama said it's probably because of Suzanne, and that you are never the same after a child dies. That made me wonder what...”
• “I told Mama and Savannah about Ruben's proposal. That got us to talking about marriage and we laughed and cried some, an...”
• “I think my Mama and Savannah must be special people in the Lord's eyes, as they have gone about doing generous and lovin...”
• “One thing I know from living with Jack is that war, any war, stains a man deep, and nothing can get the stain out. They ...”
• “Was he he handsome?" she asked with a sly smirk."Very. He is still, I think.""The devil, they say, goes about in finery....”
• “And he likes to torment me, and laughs when I get upset when he does. No, of course not. I do not love Jack Elliot. He i...”
• “...we named her Dorothy Ann. Dolly, for short. I kissed her warily, fearful of the pain of loving her, love her, though ...”
• “At times, it's better to think of exactly what is happening right in front of you every second, rather than going throug...”
• “I realized that poverty was a kind of captivity.”