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 mystery.
Leslie JamisonI like thinking of the writer as a kind of curator; the collection as curiosity cabinet - in a non-demeaning, non-objectifying sense - but an array, a set of offerings.
Leslie JamisonEmpathy is cloaked in our actions - as in, we might be experiencing empathy but not realize it's empathy.
Leslie JamisonImagining someone else's pain with too much surety can be as damaging as failing to imagine it.
Leslie Jamison