Jan Karon Quotes

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Jan Karon, born in 1937, is an American writer known for his novels that revolve around the warm community life. His works have a large readership worldwide, with his 'The Mitford Series' novels being particularly popular.

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Famous Jan Karon Quotes

“Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain, th' way I see it. For too many years, I ate fancy, I dressed fancy, I talked fancy. A while back, I decided to start talkin' th' way I was raised t' talk, and for th' first time in forty years, I can understand what I'm sayin'.”

Way Years Firsts I Can Sometimes First Time Appreciate Decided Raised Fancy Forty Gags

Book:At Home in Mitford

Source: At Home in Mitford

“I believe that's when God first started speaking to my heart--the very day I started speaking to His!”

Firsts Believe Heart I Believe My Heart God First

Book:A Light in the Window

Source: A Light in the Window

“I remember the first time I held my book, my first book in my hands. I cannot tell you how it moved me.”

Firsts Book Hands Remember First Time Moved

Author:Jan Karon

“My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.”

Writing Firsts Novel Hungry Loaded Cupboards

Book:The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.

Source: The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.

“So here is what my advice would be: If God has given you a dream, you'd better get cracking because He wants you to use it. That's why He gives them to us in the first place.”

Ifs Want Giving Firsts Use Dream Would Be Given Advice

Author:Jan Karon

About the Author

Born: 1937
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 64

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Home to Holly SpringsRelated source material

The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.Related source material

Jan Karons Mitford Years: Novels Six Through Nine; Plus a Father Tim NovelRelated source material

Jan Karons Mitford Years: The First Five NovelsRelated source material

At Home in MitfordRelated source material

These High, Green HillsRelated source material

A Light in the WindowRelated source material

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