Quotes by : Leslie Jamison

That was a moment where something clarified about shame for me: it’s not just something negative but....

Empathy means realizing no trauma has discrete edges. Trauma bleeds.

Sure, some news is bigger news than other news. War is bigger news than a girl having mixed feelings....

Empathy is a kind of care but it’s not the only kind of care, and it’s not always enough.

Empathy comes from the Greek empatheia - em (into) and pathos (feeling) - a penetration, a kind of travel.....

Bolivian women sewed their lips shut for days. They threaded needles through their skin to stop their....

We want our wounds to speak for themselves, but usually we end up having to speak for them.

Empathy means realizing no trauma has discrete edges. Trauma bleeds. out of wounds and across boundaries.....

Pain without cause is a pain we can't trust. We assume it's been chosen or fabricated.

No trauma has discrete edges. Trauma bleeds. Out of wounds and across boundaries.