Author: Jan Karon

Quotes

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

Food is a great way of communicating.

Food is a great way of communicating.

- 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

I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth.

I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth.

- 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 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

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

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

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