"Well, I think some people are very happy in retirement. And in a year and a half I'm going to see how happy I feel in retirement. I'm just going to not work quite so hard, but I'll continue to write as long as God gives me breath."

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Source : "Leaving Mitford: Jan Karon on Life and Writing". Interview with Belinda Elliott, www.cbn.com.

Jan Karon

#Retirement Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does?”
“The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger.”
“I had this idea when I was in the hospital, .. It seems like every year I always have different people come and ask for a Christmas song and it seemed strangely appropriate for me this year because Christmas is the time that I am supposed to be sort of back and up and running and whatnot. So I just wrote a song about returning from this very interesting journey and kind of getting back to normal and getting back to work and my regular life.”
“I'd love to come to Australia. I'd love to walk about the Sydney Opera House.”
“Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great.”
“Mysterious as it may be, there is something wonderful at the heart of our existence, and it is about nothing other than love; love for God, love for one another, love for creation, love for life itself.”

Source : Gerald G. May (2009). “The Dark Night of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection Between Darkness and Spiritual Growth”, p.6, Zondervan
“Women are a source of energy in life. I've always wanted to be in a war or baseball movie, but the thought of having no women on set for six months - that's hell. I don't know if it's animalistic or what, but men become like peacocks with their feathers up when women are around.”

Source : "Are Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lopez Heating Up?" by Luchina Fisher, abcnews.go.com. October 20, 2011.
“Be real and unashamed. Even of your faults.”

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