4 Quotes by Nancy Byrd Turner

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

The trouble is, we are incurable sentimentalists. We insist on makin over historical characters to suit our preconceived notions of what they should be, chipping, sandpapering, and polishing each personality until it assumes what we consider the proper contour and color.

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

Oh, heart, let’s never grow too old To smile anew, when Christmas comes, At tassels red and tinsel thread, And tarlatan bags f sugarplums.