Source: Home to Holly Springs
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Famous Jan Karon Quotes
Source: In the Company of Others
“To do it all and deprive others of doing is...a misguided notion.”
Source: These High, Green Hills
Source: Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good
“There is no such thing as too many deviled eggs.”
Source: Come Rain or Come Shine
“I have confidence that God is with us in all things, both tender and tough”
Source: Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good: The New Mitford Novel
“Don't fear whatever God lays before you today.”
Source: Home to Holly Springs
“The significant, life-forming times are the dull, in-between times.”
Source: Jan Karons Mitford Years: Novels Six Through Nine; Plus a Father Tim Novel
Source: Jan Karons Mitford Years: Novels Six Through Nine; Plus a Father Tim Novel
Source: The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.
Source: Out to Canaan
Source: At Home in Mitford
“The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.”
Source: The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.
Source: At Home in Mitford
Source: A Light in the Window
Source: Jan Karons Mitford Years: The First Five Novels
Source: The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.
Source: In This Mountain
“Lord, make me a blessing to someone today”
Source: The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.
Source: Jan Karons Mitford Years: Novels Six Through Nine; Plus a Father Tim Novel
Source: Jan Karons Mitford Years: Novels Six Through Nine; Plus a Father Tim Novel
“...weary of k knowing too much and understanding too little.”
Source: Home to Holly Springs
Source: Home to Holly Springs
Source: These High, Green Hills
Source: Home to Holly Springs
Source: Home to Holly Springs
“I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.”
“Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.”
“Bottom line, wasn’t life itself a special occasion?”
Source: A New Song
“Food is a great way of communicating.”
Source: The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.
Source: Jan Karons Mitford Years: The First Five Novels
“Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain.”
Source: Jan Karons Mitford Years: The First Five Novels
“Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.”
“I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen.”
“I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely.”
“I really care about my readers. I care about anyone who reads my books.”