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 in retirement. I'm just going to not work quite so hard, but I'll continue to write as long as God gives me breath. Jan Karon More Quotes by Jan Karon More Quotes From Jan Karon And it can be a way of healing. Jan Karon healing way Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain. Jan Karon fancy simplicity appreciate Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. Jan Karon hurt want character I grew up hearing words like snakeroot, sassafras, mullein - things that had wondrous, mysterious sounds in their names. Jan Karon hearing names sound 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 vacuums fields might I believe that's when God first started speaking to my heart--the very day I started speaking to His! Jan Karon heart believe firsts 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 fancy appreciate years I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk. Jan Karon sacrifice risk real Don't fear whatever God lays before you today. Jan Karon lays today There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow. Jan Karon sorrow doe world I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth. Jan Karon percent given reader I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen. Jan Karon advertising clock age 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 book hands firsts I really care about my readers. I care about anyone who reads my books. Jan Karon i-care care book I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely. Jan Karon village care people 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 risks me faith dream 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 me grateful god love There was a lot of brokenness in my family. Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents. Jan Karon grandparents say just family
