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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.

Jan Karon

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Jan Karon
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 1
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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.
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I believe that's when God first started speaking to my heart--the very day I started speaking to His!
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