Jan Karon
Jan Karon
Jan Karon is an American novelist who writes for both adults and young readers. She is the author of the New York Times-bestselling Mitford novels, featuring Father Timothy Kavanagh, an Episcopalian priest, and the fictional village of Mitford. Her most recent Mitford novel, Come Rain or Come Shine, debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List. She has been designated a lay Canon for the Arts in the Episcopal Diocese of Quincyby Keith Ackerman, Episcopal Bishop of Quincy,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
The significant, life-forming times are the dull, in-between times.
I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author. I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.
There was a lot of brokenness in my family. Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.
It's totally changing your body chemistry. It's a very healthy thing to do. It is said that 15 minutes of laughter is worth six hours of meditation.
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!
I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.
My grandmother influenced me so deeply.
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?
Food is a great way of communicating,
Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.
And it can be a way of healing.
Love is an actual need, an urgent requirement of the heart, he read aloud from an old essay on marriage that he found in his files.Every properly constituted human being who entertains an appreciation of loneliness...and looks forward to happiness and content feels the necessity of loving. Without it, life is unfinished...
Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain ...