Author: Jan Karon

Quotes

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

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

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 remember the first time I held my book, my first book in my hands. I cannot tell you how it moved me.

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

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

Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love.

Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love.

- Jan Karon

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

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

Food is a great way of communicating.

Food is a great way of communicating.

- Jan Karon

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