198 Quotes by Jan Karon

Don’t feel totally, personally, irrevocably responsible for everything. That’s my job. Signed, God.

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.

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.

Deep in their roots,’ Roethke had said, ’all flowers keep the light.

Let’s just say that I was raised by my grandparents.

The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us – when we stop, we darken.

Maybe it’s because he never had any control over what was happening to him as a boy. Being late was somehow a way of taking charge.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day is past; be our companion in the way, kindle our hearts, and awaken hope, that we may know thee as thou art revealed in Scripture and the breaking of bread. Grant this for the sake of thy love, amen.