“Maybe the best way to honor the deceased was to laugh with the living.” — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love. — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“He’d been amped for a long time; actually, everybody he knew was amped. He would like to spend the rest of his… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“It was a wonderful life. To have a stage play right in this room, with real people acting real parts.” — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“The house rule was no Christmas tree ’til after Name Day. These were two separate life events, to be celebrated on their… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“Was he willing to blend into the life of another human being for the rest of his days, and have hers blend… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
Love is an actual need, an urgent requirement of the heart, he read aloud from an old essay on marriage that he… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“Lon Birdie had said, ‘Sammy has his daddy’s temper, you don’t want to cross him.’ But Sammy would be crossed in this… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“Well, I'm going to church. But i've got to tell you that it's full of hypocrites. My friend, if you keep your… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“Did I tell you how much I liked your sermon on Sunday?” “You did not, or I would have remembered it.” “Well,… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“The sin life in us must be transformed into the spiritual life.” “How?” “Through sacrifice and obedience.” — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
There may be circumstances in this life that God uses to keep bringing us back to Him, looking for His grace. — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
My life is extremely full and wretchedly busy, and I feel that while my life drains energy from my work, my work… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“Maybe the best way to honor the deceased was to laugh with the living.” — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken. — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
