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… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
In Ireland there’s no such thing as bad weather ~~~ only the wrong clothes. (In the Company of Others) — Jan Karon Copy Share
“Sorrow and joy, he thought, so inextricably entwined that he could scarcely tell where one left off and the other began.” — Jan Karon Copy Share
Paul said in the second epistle...the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine...they will accumulate for themselves teachers to… — Jan Karon Copy Share
This is a gift that God has given me. I'm not smart enough to write for everybody, but it's the love in these books… — Jan Karon Copy Share
The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken. — Jan Karon Copy Share
“For one thing, telling a lie is like eating peanuts. One leads to another. In no time at all, you’ve gone through a bagful.”… — Jan Karon Copy Share
“And so I enjoyed the warm feelings, the stuff of the heart, when it was present between us, as it sometimes was, even in… — Jan Karon Copy Share
“One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off… — Jan Karon Copy Share
“He’d been amped for a long time; actually, everybody he knew was amped. He would like to spend the rest of his life de-amping.” — Jan Karon Copy Share
“All people are children when they sleep. There’s no war in them then . . . They . . . open their hands halfway,… — Jan Karon Copy Share
