That's what we did, didn't we, Audrey? We learned to be brave when it was easier to be afraid.

Susan Meissner
That's what we did, didn't we, Audrey? We learned to...
That's what we did, didn't we, Audrey? We learned to...
That's what we did, didn't we, Audrey? We learned to...
That's what we did, didn't we, Audrey? We learned to...
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When you look at a quote like this, you think, “That’s what we did, didn’t we, Audrey?” That’s what we did. We learned to be brave when it was easier to be afraid. The Great Depression was a time of terror. People had no way of protecting themselves from the forces that would destroy them.

It became clear that they needed strength and courage. One of the ways they found it was in the words of the poet Emily Dickinson: “Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul/And sings the tune without the words/And never stops at all.” No matter what they were facing—hunger, desperation, or danger—they felt safe because they knew that hope would always be there, singing their song without words.

Source: Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

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