“We think we should have to work in order to feel. We want to have our cake resist us; and then we want to eat it, too.” ThinkingWantFeelsShouldOrderShould HaveCake Book:The Empathy Exams: Essays Source: The Empathy Exams: Essays
“In my own life as a reader I experience real moments of alienation when a writer feels too perfect, or like even the flaws they are admitting are somehow noble, or dysfunctional in an overly edgy, aesthetically pleasing way.” WayFeelsRealMomentsMy OwnPerfectReaderNobleFlawsAlienationMy Own LifeAdmittingEdgy Author:Leslie Jamison
“Sometimes I do feel exposed. I have this kind of theory about different channels or levels of relaying experience - when I tell someone, one on one, in a personal context, about something that's happened to me - that has a very different valence, a different charge, than when/if I've said it in a public forum.” IfsFeelsKindSaidDifferentSometimesLevelsHappenedTheoryExposedForumsOne On One Author:Leslie Jamison
“I'm happy not knowing. Most of the time (except when I'm a neurotic mess about uncertainty) I feel glad that the horizon is a mystery.” FeelsKnowingMysteryAnxietyGladMessUncertaintyHorizonNot KnowingNeurotic Author:Leslie Jamison
“Whenever I've been stuck on a project, it's always brought me solace to the return to books that moved me in the past. It's a nice way to get outside my own head; and it brings me back to one of the most important reasons I write at all: to bring some pleasure to readers, to make them think or feel.” ThinkingWayFeelsWritingImportantBookReasonPastMy OwnPleasureNiceReturnReaderProjectsMovedStuckSolace Author:Leslie Jamison
