Writer Quotes by Jan Karon

“In every way, un-forgiveness makes us the victim—”

— Jan Karon

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

— 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

“Maybe the best way to honor the deceased was to laugh with the living.”

— 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…

— 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…

— Jan Karon

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

— Jan Karon

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

— Jan Karon

“Thank you, God, for second chances,”

— Jan Karon

“Fear is one of the Enemy’s deadliest strategies.”

— 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.”…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.”

— Jan Karon

“All people are children when they sleep. There’s no war in them then . . . They . . . open their hands halfway,…

— Jan Karon