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I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen. — Jan Karon

He liked familiar things, things that had been worn in by good people, people he could trust. — Jan Karon

While most people took family for granted, he [Father Tim] took it for grace. — Jan Karon

Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic. — Jan Karon

the trees began to form — Jan Karon

We are not necessarily doubting," said C. S. Lewis, "that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be." He — Jan Karon

Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. — Jan Karon

Bottom line, wasn't life itself a special occasion? — Jan Karon

Lord, make me a blessing to someone today. — Jan Karon

Him.You are good, O God, and You are faithful. Tenderize and soften our Lenten hearts, we pray, lest they grow brittle and break. — Jan Karon

No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car. — Jan Karon

Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love. — Jan Karon

Don't fear whatever God lays before you today. — Jan Karon

I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth. — Jan Karon

He liked being in a place where everything from forgetfulness to homicide might be blamed on the heat. — Jan Karon

Food is a great way of communicating. — Jan Karon

Cutcutcutcutcutcut . . . At 4:10, the machine lifted off the roof of Mitford Hospital and, in the starless night, burned itself away. — Jan Karon

And it can be a way of healing. — Jan Karon

A loved one from us has gone, A voice we love is stilled. A place is vacant in our home, Which never will be filled. Estelle Woodhouse, 1898-1987 — Jan Karon

The rector wondered if the joy that people seemed so expert at containing somehow transferred to their dogs, who had nothing at all to hide. — Jan Karon

Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake! — Jan Karon

The significant, life-forming times are the dull, in-between times. — Jan Karon

I believe that's when God first started speaking to my heart
the very day I started speaking to His! — Jan Karon

But "common sense is not faith," Oswald Chambers had written, "and faith is not common sense. — Jan Karon

Bonhoeffer said it's not about hero worship, but intimacy with God. — Jan Karon

But I tell you now that it's not too late
no matter how deep the wound. (Regarding forgiveness) — Jan Karon

In everything, give thanks. — Jan Karon

I remember the first time I held my book, my first book in my hands. I cannot tell you how it moved me. — Jan Karon

I worried too much about what others thought - I can tell you it's a tragic waste of time and energy and pokes God in the eye. — Jan Karon

He turned away for a moment, smacked by the beauty of complete surprise. — Jan Karon

I can't say I have any confidence in confidence. I have confidence that God is with us in all things, both tender and tough. — Jan Karon

We must stop listening to voices from the past
and we must stop immediately.
Father Tim — Jan Karon

Every saint has a past, the sixteenth-century poet had said, and every sinner has a future. — Jan Karon

Mitford would simply like to be the pause that refreshes.' — Jan Karon

Knitting, he thought, was a comfort to the soul. — Jan Karon

The dark book has been terribly popular. Dark characters, dysfunction, and all sorts of things from reality that are true in our world. — Jan Karon

God our Father, Lord and Savior, thank you for your love and favor, bless this food and drink we pray, and Irene who shares with me today. Amen. — Jan Karon

It was a wonderful life. To have a stage play right in this room, with real people acting real parts. — Jan Karon

There was a lot of brokenness in my family. Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents. — Jan Karon

My grandmother influenced me so deeply. — Jan Karon

Then he prayed for ( ... ) and all the rest who made up his world. — Jan Karon

Maybe it's because he never had any control over what was happening to him as a boy. Being late was somehow a way of taking charge. — Jan Karon

I grew up hearing words like snakeroot, sassafras, mullein - things that had wondrous, mysterious sounds in their names. — Jan Karon

One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off the limb. — Jan Karon

The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us
when we stop, we darken. — Jan Karon

Sorrow and joy, he thought, so inextricably entwined that he could scarcely tell where one left off and the other began. — Jan Karon

Easter is never deserved. — Jan Karon

Love God, be strong, be safe, be happy. — Jan Karon

I really care about my readers. I care about anyone who reads my books. — Jan Karon

When we turn from our sin, and have the blessed forgiveness of the Almighty, then we can ask Him to run things, and let Him be in charge. — Jan Karon

Father, make me a blessing to someone today, through Christ our Lord. Amen. — Jan Karon

In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder. — Jan Karon

My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry. — Jan Karon

Why can't life always be lived under the stars,' she said, 'with great music and family and friends? — Jan Karon

graced lawn parties at Fernbank." Hoppy stood and applauded. — Jan Karon

One must begin somewhere, sometime, to let go of the bitterness, or be eaten alive and the marrow sucked out. — Jan Karon

To do it all and deprive others of doing is ... a misguided notion. — Jan Karon

I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely. — Jan Karon

In Ireland there's no such thing as bad weather ~~~ only the wrong clothes.
(In the Company of Others) — Jan Karon

Alis volat propiss. (She flies with her own wings.) — Jan Karon

Father Tim: Know that God has a plan for your future. Watch and wait for his timing, and when it comes, hitch a ride. You'll know. — Jan Karon

For fog was merely a cloud that wasn't too smitten with itself to visit terra firma. — Jan Karon

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing. — Jan Karon

I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers. — Jan Karon

Give me faith, Lord, to know Your Presence as surely as I know the beating of my own heart. I've felt so far from You ... — Jan Karon

Charles Dickens said, It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens the temper - so cry away. — Jan Karon

My friend, if you keep your eyes on Christians, you will be disappointed every day of your life. Your hope is to keep your eyes on Christ." "Yes, — Jan Karon

Loving can be hard. Sometimes we don't feel loving, but it isn't all about feeling. Very often it is about will. Practice that if you can. — Jan Karon

The windows were open to morning air embroidered with birdsong. — Jan Karon

Give us grace when we hurt each other . . . to recognize and acknowledge our fault, and to seek each other's forgiveness and yours. — Jan Karon

There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow. — Jan Karon

There may be circumstances in this life that God uses to keep bringing us back to Him, looking for His grace. — Jan Karon

The waters hold all heaven within their heart. — Jan Karon

We took the parkway to Linville Falls, 221 to Marion, then I-40 here. The Alleluia Highway, we decided to call it. — Jan Karon

Human nature is what we were put on this earth to rise above. K. Hepburn in The African Queen — Jan Karon

There is no such thing as too many deviled eggs. — Jan Karon

Go, and be as the butterfly — Jan Karon

Love is an endless act of forgiveness. — Jan Karon

So many people don't know that God loves them. They feel, 'Why would God love me? Why would He be interested in me?' — Jan Karon