Things You Save in a Fire

by Katherine Center

Yes, the world is full of unspeakable cruelty. But the answer wasn’t to never feel hope, or bliss, or love—but to savor every fleeting, precious second of those feelings when they came. The answer wasn’t to never love anyone. It was to love like crazy whenever you could.

I’m just telling myself stories. But that’s the life-changing thing about stories. We believe them anyway.