I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth. Jan Karon More Quotes by Jan Karon More Quotes From Jan Karon Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents. Jan Karon grandparentraised And it can be a way of healing. Jan Karon healingway Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain. Jan Karon fancysimplicityappreciate Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. Jan Karon hurtwantcharacter I grew up hearing words like snakeroot, sassafras, mullein - things that had wondrous, mysterious sounds in their names. Jan Karon hearingnamessound 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 were those who waited for someone to reach out and speak the truth, and tell them how they might be saved. Jan Karon vacuumsfieldsmight I believe that's when God first started speaking to my heart--the very day I started speaking to His! Jan Karon heartbelievefirsts Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain, th' way I see it. For too many years, I ate fancy, I dressed fancy, I talked fancy. A while back, I decided to start talkin' th' way I was raised t' talk, and for th' first time in forty years, I can understand what I'm sayin'. Jan Karon fancyappreciateyears I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk. Jan Karon sacrificeriskreal Don't fear whatever God lays before you today. Jan Karon laystoday There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow. Jan Karon sorrowdoeworld I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen. Jan Karon advertisingclockage I remember the first time I held my book, my first book in my hands. I cannot tell you how it moved me. Jan Karon bookhandsfirsts I really care about my readers. I care about anyone who reads my books. Jan Karon i-carecarebook I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely. Jan Karon villagecarepeople 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. Jan Karon risksmefaithdream 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 that comes from Him and goes out to my reading audience. I'm forever grateful for that. It's a privilege. Jan Karon megratefulgodlove There was a lot of brokenness in my family. Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents. Jan Karon grandparentssayjustfamily
