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“I had told my story. I had put it into words, at last... Telling the story changed the story for me. Not what had happened--that I could never change--but how I responded to it.”
― Things You Save in a Fire
― Things You Save in a Fire
“I do it because I believe that human connection is the only thing that will save us. I do it because I believe we learn empathy when we listen to other people’s stories and feel their pain with them. I do it because I know for certain that our world has an empathy problem with women, and this is one brave thing I can do to help fix it.”
― Things You Save in a Fire
― Things You Save in a Fire
“It’s a big deal to share your grief with other people—to give them a glimpse of the pain you carry.”
― Things You Save in a Fire
― Things You Save in a Fire
“It’s not the easy moments that define who we are. It’s the hard ones.”
― Things You Save in a Fire
― Things You Save in a Fire
“Forgiveness is about a mind-set of letting go.” She thought for a second, then said, “It’s about acknowledging to yourself that someone hurt you, and accepting that.” Done, I thought. “Then it’s about accepting that the person who hurt you is flawed, like all people are, and letting that guide you to a better, more nuanced understanding of what happened.”
― Things You Save in a Fire
― Things You Save in a Fire
Kari’s 2025 Year in Books
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