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> [I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author. I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/i-stepped-out-on-faith-to-follow-my-lifelong-dream-of-being-an-author/)

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

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> [I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/i-made-real-sacrifices-and-took-big-risks-but-living-it-seems-to-me/)

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

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## More by Jan Karon

> [“In every way, un-forgiveness makes us the victim—”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/in-every-way-un-forgiveness-makes-us-the-victim/)

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

> [In Ireland there’s no such thing as bad weather ~~~ only the wrong clothes. (In the Company of Others)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/in-ireland-there-s-no-such-thing-as-bad-weather-only-the-wrong/)

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

> [“Sorrow and joy, he thought, so inextricably entwined that he could scarcely tell where one left off and the other began.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/sorrow-and-joy-he-thought-so-inextricably-entwined-that-he-could/)

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

> [“Maybe the best way to honor the deceased was to laugh with the living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/maybe-the-best-way-to-honor-the-deceased-was-to-laugh-with-the-living/)

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

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/paul-said-in-the-second-epistle-the-time-is-coming-when-people-will/)

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

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/this-is-a-gift-that-god-has-given-me-i-m-not-smart-enough-to-write/)

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

> [Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/publishing-is-by-its-nature-about-deadlines-and-deadlines-are-toxic/)

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

> [The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/the-firefly-only-shines-when-on-the-wing-so-it-is-with-us-when-we/)

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

> [“Thank you, God, for second chances,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/thank-you-god-for-second-chances/)

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

> [“Fear is one of the Enemy’s deadliest strategies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/fear-is-one-of-the-enemy-s-deadliest-strategies/)

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

> [“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.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/for-one-thing-telling-a-lie-is-like-eating-peanuts-one-leads-to/)

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

> [“And so I enjoyed the warm feelings, the stuff of the heart, when it was present between us, as it sometimes was, even in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/and-so-i-enjoyed-the-warm-feelings-the-stuff-of-the-heart-when-it-was/)

[Jan Karon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/one-of-the-things-that-makes-a-dead-leaf-fall-to-the-ground-is-the/)

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

> [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/he-d-been-amped-for-a-long-time-actually-everybody-he-knew-was-amped/)

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

> [“All people are children when they sleep. There’s no war in them then . . . They . . . open their hands halfway,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/all-people-are-children-when-they-sleep-there-s-no-war-in-them-then/)

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

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