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title: "2 Feel Retirement Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 2 Feel Retirement quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Feel Retirement sayings and thoughts."
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> [Well, I think some people are very happy in retirement. And in a year and a half I'm going to see how happy I feel in retirement. I'm just going to not work quite so hard, but I'll continue to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/well-i-think-some-people-are-very-happy-in-retirement-and-in-a-year/)

[Jan Karon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-karon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/jan-karon-2637_feels_well-i-think-some-people-are-very-happy_383019.png)

> [By doing what I do, by just staying, pardon me, true to myself and maintaining my maverick position, unbranded, unbought in a corporate sense, I've managed to migrate to and participate in the work of people far younger than my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-dyke-parks/by-doing-what-i-do-by-just-staying-pardon-me-true-to-myself-and/)

[Van Dyke Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-dyke-parks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3b/van-dyke-parks-43011_age_by-doing-what-i-do-by-just-staying-pardo_1113975.jpg)

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