Alis volat propiss. (She flies with her own wings.)
Jan KaronIn his bachelor's heart of hearts, he loved pie with an intensity that alarmed him. Yet, when he was offered seconds, he usually refused. "Wouldn't you like another piece of this nice coconut pie, Father?" he might be asked. "No, I don't believe I'd care for anymore," he'd say. An outright lie!
Jan KaronTags: pie
We must stop listening to voices from the past--and we must stop immediately.--Father Tim
Jan Karon...I've forgiven him. Again and again. Once done, of course, back comes the Enemy to persecute and prosecute, and I must ante up to God and forgive yet again.
Jan KaronHe remembered the gravestone of a woman parishioner in the churchyard of St. John's in the Grove. DEMURE AT LAST, it read. He thought that the single most definitive and amusing epitaph he'd ever come across.
Jan KaronHe liked being in a place where everything from forgetfulness to homicide might be blamed on the heat.
Jan KaronLoving can be hard. Sometimes we don't feel loving, but it isn't all about feeling. Very often it is about will. Practice that if you can.
Jan KaronIt was a wonderful life. To have a stage play right in this room, with real people acting real parts.
Jan KaronTags: life people play stage parts
Easter is never deserved.
Jan KaronIn World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder.
Jan KaronTags: war vietnam-war veterans posttraumatic-stress-disorder world-war-two world-war-1 world-war-one ptsd post-traumatic-stress-disorder battle-fatigue shell-shock
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