198 Quotes by Jan Karon

The significant, life-forming times are the dull, in-between times.

Don't fear whatever God lays before you today.

I have confidence that God is with us in all things, both tender and tough

I learned not to be so bitterly defeated when my fiction took a beating from editors. I learned in advertising to color in the lines and have my work done on time and to make it the very best it could be.

My life is extremely full and wretchedly busy, and I feel that while my life drains energy from my work, my work in turn drains energy from my life. The result is, I am always playing catch-up spiritually. That is my thorn.

There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things: one is a sense of consolation, and two, I want to make them laugh.

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

The dark book has been terribly popular. Dark characters, dysfunction, and all sorts of things from reality that are true in our world.

I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely.