Better Quote by Leslie Jamison Download Open image “The story of getting better can be just as compelling as the story of falling apart.” — Leslie Jamison ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Better Falling Falling apart Getting better Story
We only get better by telling our real story. That's the only way to be. — Bozoma Saint John Copy Share Image
Otherwise, everything got better and better, just one surprise after another. And that's why I wrote the book about a matter of being in… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
I'd like to say things are bound to get better, but I don't really believe it. — George Michael Copy Share Image
Part of success is having a good story, and as a journalist, I totally understand. But it meant that my many, many years of… — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
“It’s up to you to navigate the obstacles and the difficulties and constantly drive toward success despite all odds against you. The best stories,… — Nate Green Copy Share Image
The resilience of narrative storytelling and people's love affair with television is impressive. — Kevin Reilly Copy Share Image
That's how a good story works. It changes how you feel. It brings you to a greater appreciation, a greater joy, of your own… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth. — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Everything in your life gets better when you get better, and nothing is ever going to get better until you get better. — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition. — William Shatner Copy Share Image
The healing that can grow out of the simple act of telling our stories is often quite remarkable. — Susan Wittig Albert Copy Share Image
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:… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
It's one of the most liberating things I experience in writing - letting yourself get rid of a gesture or character or plot point… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
The pain is what you make of it. You have to find something in it that yields. I understood my guiding imperative as: keep… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
I needed people to deliver my feelings back to me in a form that was legible. Which is a superlative kind of empathy to… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
In my own life as a reader I experience real moments of alienation when a writer feels too perfect, or like even the flaws… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
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… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
I do like arranging things. I like order. I basically like all these things that are the opposite of what people associate with the… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
I used to believe that hurting would make you more alive to the hurting of others. I used to believe in feeling bad because… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
“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… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
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… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
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… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
Everybody has their cliques, and I was very shy. I'm still very shy. Music opened up doors. I would get to my choir class,… — Luis Fonsi Copy Share Image
You can't force people to feel in a certain way, and the sooner you understand that,the better. I feel everything has its way of… — Sidharth Malhotra Copy Share Image
I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better? — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
The bigger the canvas, the better I do. I'm not so good at understated, kitchen-sink kinds of parts. — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
A strong, durable Puerto Rican economy will leave the island better prepared to handle future natural disasters. — Rachel Campos-Duffy Copy Share Image
In my first 100 days as Ontario's Minister of Transportation, I found a willing municipal partner in the City of Toronto that shares our… — Caroline Mulroney Copy Share Image
It hasn't been a conscious thing, like, 'I don't want to listen to a bunch of dudes,' but I genuinely like music by women… — Soccer Mommy Copy Share Image
Life is going to hit you some line drives, and sometimes you'll have to think fast. However, it's better to think first than to… — John Bytheway Copy Share Image
I like to collaborate with other people for studio recordings because I believe collaboration, in any form, makes music better. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
Absolutely, you can improve and become better at toughness. It's a talent, but it can be acquired, too. I think of it like building… — Jim Harbaugh Copy Share Image
