" Honorata asked me to accompany her to visit the group of widows she supported. “They need to give you their stories for their own healing,” she said. This notion of “giving” stories was new, but I would soon learn the power of bearing witness and of transferring pain through storytelling. By listening and acknowledging the truths of those women, I had the honor of playing a miniscule part in their healing. "

― Jacqueline Novogratz , The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World