“Our civic life is heavily marked—indeed, pocked—by debates in which each side is so certain of its position that any movement is effectively impossible. For that matter, debate—in its original sense of “to consider something, to deliberate”—is impossible. We wind… — Leah Hager Cohen Copy Share Image
Is there a wrong way to say "I don't know"? Yes. When we declare ignorance, it should be a) honest and b) in the… — Leah Hager Cohen Copy Share Image
“Wally gives gifts all the time, at the drop of a hat, little, odd ones. The gift not so much in the item itself… — Leah hager Cohen Copy Share Image
Every sad thing, every loss or hurt really a challenge to love that much more, really just another of beauty's many strongholds. — Leah Hager Cohen Copy Share Image
“The words came fast and slow, because the act of writing plunged me so wantonly down slippery avenues of thought that frequently I found… — Leah Hager Cohen Copy Share Image
“Like storytelling, that incessant loving rush of explaining and repositioning and telling again, all for the sake of finding something shared, something mutually recognized… — Leah Hager Cohen Copy Share Image
People cheat when they are afraid. When there is no cost to being wrong or confessing ignorance, there is no reason to cheat or… — Leah Hager Cohen Copy Share Image
For why are we here if not to try to fathom one another? Not through facts alone, but with the full extent of our… — Leah Hager Cohen Copy Share Image
“That our intuition could lead us astray is troubling in direct proportion to the degree of trust we place in it. The solution would… — Leah Hager Cohen Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, being physically equipped to hear has little to do with the actual predilection to listen. Sharing a common tongue does not ensure earnest… — Leah Hager Cohen Copy Share Image
