“Empathy means realizing no trauma has discrete edges. Trauma bleeds. out of wounds and across boundaries. Sadness becomes seizure. Empathy demands another kind of porousness in response. My Stephanie script is twelve pages long. I think mainly about what it doesn't say.”
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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. more
“Writing complex characters is the penultimate exercise in empathy.”
“Desperation does not breed empathy or clear thinking.”
“Empathy is the door to wisdom.”
“It is not rubbish! It is the part of people that you do not understand.”