212 Quotes by Leslie Jamison

There's something about that puritanical narrative of progress and upward mobility and work ethic that the glorification of abstinence fits pretty neatly into. That pairs with the fact that 12-step recovery has had too large a monopoly on how treatment is understood in America.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to figure out what to say at the dinner table.

It's kind of funny that I've been branded as the empathy lady when, really, what I'm doing is questioning and interrogating empathy.

'Tough' is one of the last adjectives I would use to describe myself.

The story of getting better can be just as compelling as the story of falling apart.

I had never really thought of myself as a baby person, but it's just a really profound connection.

I feel like I have a bit of a Type A personality.

I do like arranging things. I like order. I basically like all these things that are the opposite of what people associate with the wild, passionate creative temperament.

I completely identify with finding freedom in boundaries. That's why I tend to have more freedom when I write nonfiction over fiction: because I'm running up against actuality and beholden to the truth in a different way.