--- title: "3 Leslie Esdaile Quotes" description: "Leslie Ann Esdaile Banks was an American writer under the pen names of Leslie Esdaile, Leslie E. Banks, Leslie Banks, Leslie Esdaile Banks and L. A. Ban..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-leslie-esdaile-82550.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Leslie Esdaile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-leslie-esdaile-82550.jpg) # Leslie Esdaile **3** quotes in **8** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Leslie Ann Esdaile Banks was an American writer under the pen names of Leslie Esdaile, Leslie E. Banks, Leslie Banks, Leslie Esdaile Banks and L. A. Banks. She wrote in various genres, including African-American literature, romance, women's fiction, crime suspense, dark fantasy/horror and non-fictio ## Quotes by Leslie Esdaile > [“And how do you explain to your wife that you don't have all the answers, and that you might not know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-esdaile/and-how-do-you-explain-to-your-wife-that-you-don-t-have-all-the/) Leslie Esdaile [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e0/leslie-esdaile-82550_business_and-how-do-you-explain-to-your-wife-that_2288713.jpg) > [“Because you are not scared to admit out loud that you're afraid. Or to ask questions... and because you know that your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-esdaile/because-you-are-not-scared-to-admit-out-loud-that-you-re-afraid-or-to/) Leslie Esdaile [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/leslie-esdaile-82550_afraid_because-you-are-not-scared-to-admit-out_2476189.jpg) > [“You know what you are to me? ... You are the most important thing in my life. You are my friend... my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-esdaile/you-know-what-you-are-to-me-you-are-the-most-important-thing-in-my/) Leslie Esdaile [Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/leslie-esdaile-82550_family_you-know-what-you-are-to-me-you-are-the_3029651.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-esdaile/#itemlist", "name": "Leslie Esdaile Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And how do you explain to your wife that you don't have all the answers, and that you might not know what you are doing, and that you are afraid you are going to fail? 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