Amanda Knox
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And so I, you know, but I still related to so many things that you said in this book in trying to find myself, which is what you're describing.
And so I, you know, but I still related to so many things that you said in this book in trying to find myself, which is what you're describing.
Exactly. Yeah. And I think that was a big takeaway for me because, you know, again, like when I was writing my first memoir, Waiting to be Heard, I felt utterly estranged from the rest of humanity and that I constantly had to explain myself to people.
Exactly. Yeah. And I think that was a big takeaway for me because, you know, again, like when I was writing my first memoir, Waiting to be Heard, I felt utterly estranged from the rest of humanity and that I constantly had to explain myself to people.
Exactly. Yeah. And I think that was a big takeaway for me because, you know, again, like when I was writing my first memoir, Waiting to be Heard, I felt utterly estranged from the rest of humanity and that I constantly had to explain myself to people.
And in this book, this is where I've realized that, oh, my God, this insane, very not unique, but very uncommon experience that I went through has resonance with everybody's human experience. And I slowly came to realize that and realize that, no, I was not estranged and ostracized from the rest of you, honey. I belonged.
And in this book, this is where I've realized that, oh, my God, this insane, very not unique, but very uncommon experience that I went through has resonance with everybody's human experience. And I slowly came to realize that and realize that, no, I was not estranged and ostracized from the rest of you, honey. I belonged.
And in this book, this is where I've realized that, oh, my God, this insane, very not unique, but very uncommon experience that I went through has resonance with everybody's human experience. And I slowly came to realize that and realize that, no, I was not estranged and ostracized from the rest of you, honey. I belonged.
And in fact, my experience had an important role for helping other people thrive. to understand their experience as well, because ultimately the questions that we are all facing are the same.
And in fact, my experience had an important role for helping other people thrive. to understand their experience as well, because ultimately the questions that we are all facing are the same.
And in fact, my experience had an important role for helping other people thrive. to understand their experience as well, because ultimately the questions that we are all facing are the same.
When you've done work with the Innocence Project, whether it be Italy or anywhere else, have you talked to other exonerees about that experience and the realization that you relate to more people than you even know or more people can relate to you than you know?
When you've done work with the Innocence Project, whether it be Italy or anywhere else, have you talked to other exonerees about that experience and the realization that you relate to more people than you even know or more people can relate to you than you know?
When you've done work with the Innocence Project, whether it be Italy or anywhere else, have you talked to other exonerees about that experience and the realization that you relate to more people than you even know or more people can relate to you than you know?
Yeah, I mean, I think that is a really defining factor of a lot of exonerees is we have felt like the world put us at a distance and we were called monsters. Mm-hmm. And we're trying to reclaim our place in humanity again. And that involves an exchange of mutual trust. Because it's not just that we want the world to trust us. We want to trust the world again.
Yeah, I mean, I think that is a really defining factor of a lot of exonerees is we have felt like the world put us at a distance and we were called monsters. Mm-hmm. And we're trying to reclaim our place in humanity again. And that involves an exchange of mutual trust. Because it's not just that we want the world to trust us. We want to trust the world again.
Yeah, I mean, I think that is a really defining factor of a lot of exonerees is we have felt like the world put us at a distance and we were called monsters. Mm-hmm. And we're trying to reclaim our place in humanity again. And that involves an exchange of mutual trust. Because it's not just that we want the world to trust us. We want to trust the world again.
And so finding that place and those moments of connection and realizing that our experience is not just our own is a way that we can not just feel better about the world and learn to trust each other again, but also try to get people to understand what are the causes of wrongful convictions in the first place? What is this impulse to judge other people that we have deep inside of us?
And so finding that place and those moments of connection and realizing that our experience is not just our own is a way that we can not just feel better about the world and learn to trust each other again, but also try to get people to understand what are the causes of wrongful convictions in the first place? What is this impulse to judge other people that we have deep inside of us?
And so finding that place and those moments of connection and realizing that our experience is not just our own is a way that we can not just feel better about the world and learn to trust each other again, but also try to get people to understand what are the causes of wrongful convictions in the first place? What is this impulse to judge other people that we have deep inside of us?