78 Quotes by Nancy E. Turner

I never want to be in a place where no one would come forward to say to a judge that they have known me as righteous. A life well-lived, in some respects, needs witnesses.

Or were we all only part of each other’s lives for a moment, putting down our swords long enough to win a war against a common enemy? Would we be friends if we’d met any other way?

We are a noisy and blessed little family.

My life feels like a book left out on the porch, and the wind blows the pages faster and faster, turning always toward a new chapter faster than I can stop to read it.

I was going through the botanical theory book, and while I was reading I remembered something Blue Horse said to me back before Gilbert was born. He said wisdom is not a path, it is a tree.

The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl’s highest calling. I hope I am ready.

A move is a way of lightening your load and starting things new.

Trouble was, the string tethering it to the ground was what kept the kite flying. Without its connection it would never stay aloft.

My rosebush shouts beauty to the world.