“We don't have to be Pollyanna-ish or fatalistic. We can just be human. We can be messy, imperfect, contradictory, broken. We can learn the difference between hopelessness and helplessness. Because what if we've been doing the conversation backward? What if hope isn't what leads to action? What if courage leads to action and hope is what comes next?”

• Mary Annaïse Heglar