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'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

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

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.

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

Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.

Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.

- 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

Food is a great way of communicating.

Food is a great way of communicating.

- 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

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

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