Author: Jan Karon

Quotes

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.

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.

- Jan Karon

There was a lot of brokenness in my family. Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.

There was a lot of brokenness in my family. Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.

- Jan Karon

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

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

- Jan Karon

Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.

Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.

- Jan Karon

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

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

- Jan Karon

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

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

- Jan Karon

I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen.

I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen.

- Jan Karon

I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers.

I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers.

- Jan Karon

Cynics will say there are no good people out there. And if you read the papers and watch TV news you could be convinced of that. But there are good people.

Cynics will say there are no good people out there. And if you read the papers and watch TV news you could be convinced of that. But there are good people.

- Jan Karon

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