“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
“I've been thinking so much about writing as a gift to readers - and how newness of subject (place or topic or person) is one of the biggest gifts at our disposal.” ThinkingWritingPersonsSubjectsReaderTopicsNewness Author:Leslie Jamison
“I like thinking of the writer as a kind of curator; the collection as curiosity cabinet - in a non-demeaning, non-objectifying sense - but an array, a set of offerings.” ThinkingKindCuriosityCollectionsOfferingCabinetsDemeaningCuratorObjectifying Author:Leslie Jamison
“I think of empathy as a set of cumulative effects, ideally - that it can be a force shaping your habits, shaping where you put your attention and then - if you're hard on yourself, in good ways - pushing you to translate that attention into action, on whatever scale.” IfsThinkingWayHardActionForceAttentionEffectsHabitEmpathyScalesPushingTranslateGood WayCumulative 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
