Jan Karon Quotes
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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…
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Cynthia came in quietly and set a cup of tea before him. He kissed her hand, inexpressibly grateful, and she went back into the kitchen.…
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Loving can be hard. Sometimes we don't feel loving, but it isn't all about feeling. Very often it is about will. Practice that if you…
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The standing fields [ready to harvest]were the legions who hadn't filled their God-vacuum with the One who was born to fill it; the standing fields…
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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 suit…
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In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder.
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I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.
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My grandmother influenced me so deeply.
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Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.
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Bottom line, wasn’t life itself a special occasion?
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Food is a great way of communicating,
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Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.
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And it can be a way of healing.
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Love is an actual need, an urgent requirement of the heart, he read aloud from an old essay on marriage that he found in his…
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Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain ...
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Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.
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I grew up hearing words like snakeroot, sassafras, mullein - things that had wondrous, mysterious sounds in their names.
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I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen.
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I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely.
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I really care about my readers. I care about anyone who reads my books.
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