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title: "1 Compelling Story Quotes By Leslie Jamison"
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> [The story of getting better can be just as compelling as the story of falling apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/the-story-of-getting-better-can-be-just-as-compelling-as-the-story-of/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

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## More by Leslie Jamison

> [When people ask what kind of nonfiction I write, I say 'all kinds,' but really I mean I don’t write any kind at all:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/when-people-ask-what-kind-of-nonfiction-i-write-i-say-all-kinds-but/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

> [It's one of the most liberating things I experience in writing - letting yourself get rid of a gesture or character or plot point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/it-s-one-of-the-most-liberating-things-i-experience-in-writing/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

> [The pain is what you make of it. You have to find something in it that yields. I understood my guiding imperative as: keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/the-pain-is-what-you-make-of-it-you-have-to-find-something-in-it-that/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

> [I needed people to deliver my feelings back to me in a form that was legible. Which is a superlative kind of empathy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/i-needed-people-to-deliver-my-feelings-back-to-me-in-a-form-that-was/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

> [In my own life as a reader I experience real moments of alienation when a writer feels too perfect, or like even the flaws…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/in-my-own-life-as-a-reader-i-experience-real-moments-of-alienation/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/i-m-happy-not-knowing-most-of-the-time-except-when-i-m-a-neurotic/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

> [I do like arranging things. I like order. I basically like all these things that are the opposite of what people associate with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/i-do-like-arranging-things-i-like-order-i-basically-like-all-these/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

> [I used to believe that hurting would make you more alive to the hurting of others. I used to believe in feeling bad because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/i-used-to-believe-that-hurting-would-make-you-more-alive-to-the/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

> [Whatever we can’t hold, we hang on a hook that will hold it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/whatever-we-can-t-hold-we-hang-on-a-hook-that-will-hold-it/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

> [“I obsessed, and told myself this obsession was empathy. But it wasn't, quite. It was more like inpathy. I wasn't expatriating myself into another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/i-obsessed-and-told-myself-this-obsession-was-empathy-but-it-wasn-t/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

> [Post-wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language spoken in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/post-wounded-women-know-that-postures-of-pain-play-into-limited-and/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

> [12-step recovery is very focused on abstinence, and that's bled into the broader understanding of treatment. It would be most useful to have multiple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/12-step-recovery-is-very-focused-on-abstinence-and-that-s-bled-into/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

> [We don't want to be wounds ("No, you're the wound!") but we should be allowed to have them, to speak about having them, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/we-don-t-want-to-be-wounds-no-you-re-the-wound-but-we-should-be/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

> [“Empathy means realizing no trauma has discrete edges. Trauma bleeds.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/empathy-means-realizing-no-trauma-has-discrete-edges-trauma-bleeds/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

> [“Empathy isn't just listening, it's asking the questions whose answers need to be listened to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jamison/empathy-isn-t-just-listening-it-s-asking-the-questions-whose-answers/)

[Leslie Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jamison/)

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