Jan Karon: "He hadn't threatened or..."

"He hadn’t threatened or cajoled or demanded – he’d said what had to be said and there was no turning back. He had spoken the truth in love and that would have to be okay."

—Jan Karon, Light from Heaven

Jan Karon: "Oh, how she despised..."

"Oh, how she despised the torment of loving like a girl instead of like… like a sophisticated woman – whatever that might be!"

—Jan Karon, A Common Life