Jan Karon Quotes

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• One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off the limb.

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  Fall, Bud, Limbs

  Jan Karon (2006). “The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.”, p.150, Penguin

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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. When we view the little things with thanksgiving, even they become big things.

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  Grateful, Views, Hands

  Jan Karon (2005). “These High, Green Hills”, Penguin Books

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• Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake!

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  Sake

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• Are you reading your Bible?" Ah, well...I was." And then you quit." You got it." Then, you can expect to be weak on one of your flanks, and that's precisely where the Enemy will come after you with a vengeance.

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  Reading, Enemy, Quitting

  Jan Karon (2005). “At Home in Mitford”, Penguin Books

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• Don't fear whatever God lays before you today.

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  Today, Lays

  Jan Karon (2007). “Home to Holly Springs”, p.102, Penguin

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• I have confidence that God is with us in all things, both tender and tough

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  Tough, Have Confidence, God Is With Us

  Jan Karon (2014). “Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good: The New Mitford Novel”, p.319, Penguin

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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 can.

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  Practice, Feelings, Sometimes

  Jan Karon (2007). “Home to Holly Springs”, p.268, Penguin

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• Love is an endless act of forgiveness.

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  Forgiveness, Love Is, Endless

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• There may be circumstances in this life that God uses to keep bringing us back to Him, looking for His grace.

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  Grace, Use, May

  Jan Karon (2011). “Jan Karons Mitford Years: Novels Six Through Nine; Plus a Father Tim Novel”, p.1578, Penguin

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• My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.

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  Writing, Firsts, Hungry

  Jan Karon (2006). “The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.”, p.72, Penguin

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• Lord, make me a blessing to someone today

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  Prayer, Blessing, Today

  Jan Karon (2006). “The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.”, p.160, Penguin

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• There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things: one is a sense of consolation, and two, I want to make them laugh.

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  Writing, Two, People

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• There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow.

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  Sorrow, Doe, World

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• Bottom line, wasn’t life itself a special occasion?

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  Special, Lines, Bottom

  Jan Karon (2000). “A New Song”, p.195, Penguin

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• So here is what my advice would be: If God has given you a dream, you'd better get cracking because He wants you to use it. That's why He gives them to us in the first place.

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  Dream, Giving, Advice

  "Leaving Mitford: Jan Karon on Life and Writing". Interview with Belinda Elliott, www.cbn.com.

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• The significant, life-forming times are the dull, in-between times.

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  Dull, Significant

  Jan Karon (2011). “Jan Karons Mitford Years: Novels Six Through Nine; Plus a Father Tim Novel”, p.454, Penguin

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• Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain.

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  Appreciate, Simplicity, Fancy

  Jan Karon (2011). “Jan Karons Mitford Years: The First Five Novels”, p.224, Penguin

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• So many people don't know that God loves them. They feel, 'Why would God love me? Why would He be interested in me?

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  People, God Love, Feels

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• When the trees and the power lines crashed around you, when the very roof gave way above you, when the light turned to darkness and water turned to dust, did you call on Him? When you called on Him, was He somewhere up there, or was He as near as your very breath?

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  Light, Dust, Water

  Jan Karon (2006). “The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.”, p.383, Penguin

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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 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.

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  Retirement, Writing, Thinking

  "Leaving Mitford: Jan Karon on Life and Writing". Interview with Belinda Elliott, www.cbn.com.

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• My life is extremely full and wretchedly busy, and I feel that while my life drains energy from my work, my work in turn drains energy from my life. The result is, I am always playing catch-up spiritually. That is my thorn.

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  Energy, Life Is, Busy

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• Give me faith, Lord, to know Your Presence as surely as I know the beating of my own heart. I've felt so far from You.

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  Heart, Giving, Lord

  Jan Karon (2003). “In This Mountain”, p.157, Penguin

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• Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

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  Healing, Writing, Way

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• Easter is never deserved.

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  Easter, Happy Easter

  Jan Karon (2007). “Home to Holly Springs”, p.285, Penguin

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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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  Veterans Day, Stress, War

  Jan Karon (2007). “Home to Holly Springs”, p.289, Penguin

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