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For a very long time, I wrote a book a year, and was eager and willing to do it, to put bread on the table, to have my work out there. Now I must write a book every two years, and that's never enough time, either.
Jan Karon
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Jan Karon
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 1
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