Books Quote by Leah Hager Cohen

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

Who could ever tell a story complete?

— Leah Hager Cohen

“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

“The easy danger of stories, their adhesive allure.”

— Leah Hager Cohen

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

“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

“We are at the mercy of our own narrative impulses.”

— Leah Hager Cohen

“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

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

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

“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

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