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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
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Jan Karon
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 1
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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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I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers.
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I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.
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As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height, place them three or four feet apart, lay a board across them, and repeat. Viola! Bookshelves!
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...weary of k knowing too much and understanding too little.
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Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love.
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My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.
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I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth.
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In Ireland there’s no such thing as bad weather ~~~ only the wrong clothes. (In the Company of Others)
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Are you reading your Bible? Ah, well...I was. And then you quit. You got it. Then, you can expect to be weak on one of your flanks, and that's precisely where the Enemy will come after you with a vengeance.
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Love is an endless act of forgiveness.
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One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off the limb.
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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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