Who said "You don't know how it was then. You couldn't know."?

This quote is attributed to Norma Desmond.

You don't know how it was then. You couldn't know. - Norma Desmond

"You don't know how it was then. You couldn't know."

Norma Desmond History

"I am big. It's the pictures that got small."

"Without me, there wouldn't be any Paramount pictures."

"I don't go out much anymore. I just sit in my room and watch the old pictures."

"The dream was always stronger than the life."

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."