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 smiled and kissed his brow. "It occurs to us to ask the same thing. Keeps the world turning, I suspect.
Nancy E. TurnerI wish the Lord would just knock me over with kindness and goodness and simple purity, because I don't seem to be getting the knack of it on my own.
Nancy E. TurnerMy biggest Buff Orpinton rooster is on the small corral fence letting the world know he is in charge, all puffed up and sassy. There is nothing more silly than a rooster taking over the world, but every day he things he can. I wonder if we are just a little part of the world, like that rooster, and that the real things go on around us while we strut in our own yards trying to take charge of things.
Nancy E. TurnerIt's easy to act honorable when things are coming along and all your pastures are green."Sarah Agnes Prine
Nancy E. TurnerHow could I explain to a beautiful lady in a silk dress that when I picked up her baby girl, I felt that lady's long-ago chubby shape in my arms, smelled her sunshine-touched hair? That years and years of tiny memories flitted past my heart like a flock of birds spinning on invisible air? It was the smell of the little girls, slightly wet, somewhat soapy, the smell of porridge supper, and the taste of kissed-away tears. Here in my arms were the best parts of life, going on, blooming like a strong tree.
Nancy E. TurnerThe best cure for sadness is doing something.
Nancy E. TurnerAt times, it's better to think of exactly what is happening right in front of you every second, rather than going through things from the past in your mind.
Nancy E. TurnerMots clés life-and-living
But there is no easy way to mourn a child.
Nancy E. TurnerOne thing I'd learned from all the burying I'd attended was that sometimes it's hard to pay attention. Burying someone you know will set your mind down some distant trail, as the one you're really on is too painful to view.
at the burial of Ernest, Sarah's brother
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hard work is still peace compared to what can worry a person on the inside.
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