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Leslie Jamison is an American novelist born in 1983. Her works are known for their deep self-reflection and delicate portrayal of human emotions. Jamison's writing often explores themes of personal identity, memory, and truth.

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Famous Leslie Jamison Quotes

“Empathy is a kind of care but it’s not the only kind of care, and it’s not always enough.”

Love Care Empathy

Book:The Empathy Exams

Source: The Empathy Exams

“It wasn't likely that I would die. Dave didn't know that then. Prayer isn't about likelihood anyway, it's about desire---loving someone enough to get on your knees and ask for her to be saved. When he cried in that chapel, it wasn't empathy---it was something else. His kneeling wasn't a way to feel my pain but to request that it end.”

Love Fear Empathy

Book:The Empathy Exams

Source: The Empathy Exams

“It was a look that suggested emotions happening just past your line of sight: a grief so deep you'd never be able to see it, a love so fierce it could swallow itself completely.”

Love Grief

Book:The Gin Closet

Source: The Gin Closet

“For years I'd been an expert at longing, an expert at loving from the state of not-quite-having, an expert at daydreaming and sinking back into the plush furniture of cinematic imagining.”

Love Longing Daydreaming

Book:Make It Scream, Make It Burn

Source: Make It Scream, Make It Burn

“[...] one more definition of love: committing to a story you can't fully imagine when it begins.”

Love Committing

Book:Make It Scream, Make It Burn

Source: Make It Scream, Make It Burn

About the Author

Born: 1983
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 68

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