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Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain.

Jan Karon

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Jan Karon
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Lenoir
North Carolina
Fancy
Simplicity
Appreciate
Sometimes
Gags
Plain

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When we turn from our sin, and have the blessed forgiveness of the Almighty, then we can ask Him to run things, and let Him be in charge.
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