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Nellie Bly Quotes

How can a doctor judge a woman’s sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick ones know it is useless to say anything, for the answer will be that it is their imagination Picture Quote #1

I had looked forward so eagerly to leaving the horrible place, yet when my release came and I knew that God’s sunlight was to be free for me again, there was a certain pain in leaving Picture Quote #1

Even that was all consumed after two days, and the patients had to try to choke down fresh fish, just boiled in water, without salt, pepper or butter; mutton, beef, and potatoes without the faintest seasoning Picture Quote #1

I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life; it seems so near, and yet heaven is not further from hell Picture Quote #1

I always had a desire to know asylum life more thoroughly - a desire to be convinced that the most helpless of God’s creatures, the insane, were cared for kindly and properly Picture Quote #1

ACCEPT PRAISE FOR ITS WORTH - POLITENESS. BE BRUTALLY FRANK WITH YOURSELF. IT’S SAFER Picture Quote #1

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On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we came in sight of the long stone buildings Picture Quote #1

I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life; it seems so near, and yet heaven is not further from hel Picture Quote #1

I had looked forward so eagerly to leaving the horrible place, yet when my release came and I knew that God’s sunlight was to be free for me again, there was a certain pain in leaving Picture Quote #1

I always made a point of telling the doctors I was sane, and asking to be released, but the more I endeavored to assure them of my sanity, the more they doubted it Picture Quote #1

I always had a desire to know asylum life more thoroughly - a desire to be convinced that the most helpless of God’s creatures, the insane, were cared for kindly and properly Picture Quote #1

COULD I PASS A WEEK IN THE INSANE WARD AT BLACKWELL’S ISLAND? I SAID I COULD AND I WOULD. AND I DID Picture Quote #1

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Never having failed, I could not picture what failure meant Picture Quote #1

I was too impatient to work at the usual duties assigned women on newspapers Picture Quote #1

I have never written a word that did not come from my heart. I never shall Picture Quote #1

How can a doctor judge a woman’s sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick ones know it is useless to say anything, for the answer will be that it is their imagination Picture Quote #1

What a mysterious thing madness is. I have watched patients whose lips are forever sealed in a perpetual silence. They live, breathe, eat; the human form is there, but that something, which the body can live without, but which cannot exist without the body, was missing Picture Quote #1

They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors! Picture Quote #1

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People in the world can never imagine the length of days to those in asylums. They seemed never ending, and we welcomed any event that might give us something to think about as well as talk of Picture Quote #1

I took upon myself to enact the part of a poor, unfortunate crazy girl, and felt it my duty not to shirk any of the disagreeable results that should follow Picture Quote #1

I shuddered to think how completely the insane were in the power of their keepers, and how one could weep and plead for release, and all of no avail, if the keepers were so minded Picture Quote #1

I hardly expected the grand jury to sustain me, after they saw everything different from what it had been while I was there. Yet they did, and their report to the court advises all the changes made that I had proposed Picture Quote #1

I had never been near insane persons before in my life, and had not the faintest idea of what their actions were like Picture Quote #1

Even that was all consumed after two days, and the patients had to try to choke down fresh fish, just boiled in water, without salt, pepper or butter; mutton, beef, and potatoes without the faintest seasoning Picture Quote #1

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It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world Picture Quote #1

In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold Picture Quote #1

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How can a doctor judge a woman’s sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick ones know it is useless to say anything, for the answer will be that it is their imagination. (Nellie Bly Quotes) I had looked forward so eagerly to leaving the horrible place, yet when my release came and I knew that God’s sunlight was to be free for me again, there was a certain pain in leaving. (Nellie Bly Quotes) Even that was all consumed after two days, and the patients had to try to choke down fresh fish, just boiled in water, without salt, pepper or butter; mutton, beef, and potatoes without the faintest seasoning. (Nellie Bly Quotes) I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life; it seems so near, and yet heaven is not further from hell. (Nellie Bly Quotes) I always had a desire to know asylum life more thoroughly - a desire to be convinced that the most helpless of God’s creatures, the insane, were cared for kindly and properly. (Nellie Bly Quotes) ACCEPT PRAISE FOR ITS WORTH - POLITENESS. BE BRUTALLY FRANK WITH YOURSELF. IT’S SAFER (Nellie Bly Quotes) On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we came in sight of the long stone buildings (Nellie Bly Quotes) I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life; it seems so near, and yet heaven is not further from hel (Nellie Bly Quotes) I had looked forward so eagerly to leaving the horrible place, yet when my release came and I knew that God’s sunlight was to be free for me again, there was a certain pain in leaving (Nellie Bly Quotes) I always made a point of telling the doctors I was sane, and asking to be released, but the more I endeavored to assure them of my sanity, the more they doubted it (Nellie Bly Quotes) I always had a desire to know asylum life more thoroughly - a desire to be convinced that the most helpless of God’s creatures, the insane, were cared for kindly and properly (Nellie Bly Quotes) COULD I PASS A WEEK IN THE INSANE WARD AT BLACKWELL’S ISLAND? I SAID I COULD AND I WOULD. AND I DID (Nellie Bly Quotes) Never having failed, I could not picture what failure meant (Nellie Bly Quotes) I was too impatient to work at the usual duties assigned women on newspapers (Nellie Bly Quotes) I have never written a word that did not come from my heart. I never shall (Nellie Bly Quotes) How can a doctor judge a woman’s sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick ones know it is useless to say anything, for the answer will be that it is their imagination (Nellie Bly Quotes) What a mysterious thing madness is. I have watched patients whose lips are forever sealed in a perpetual silence. They live, breathe, eat; the human form is there, but that something, which the body can live without, but which cannot exist without the body, was missing (Nellie Bly Quotes) They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors! (Nellie Bly Quotes) People in the world can never imagine the length of days to those in asylums. They seemed never ending, and we welcomed any event that might give us something to think about as well as talk of (Nellie Bly Quotes) I took upon myself to enact the part of a poor, unfortunate crazy girl, and felt it my duty not to shirk any of the disagreeable results that should follow (Nellie Bly Quotes) I shuddered to think how completely the insane were in the power of their keepers, and how one could weep and plead for release, and all of no avail, if the keepers were so minded (Nellie Bly Quotes) I hardly expected the grand jury to sustain me, after they saw everything different from what it had been while I was there. Yet they did, and their report to the court advises all the changes made that I had proposed (Nellie Bly Quotes) I had never been near insane persons before in my life, and had not the faintest idea of what their actions were like (Nellie Bly Quotes) Even that was all consumed after two days, and the patients had to try to choke down fresh fish, just boiled in water, without salt, pepper or butter; mutton, beef, and potatoes without the faintest seasoning (Nellie Bly Quotes) It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world (Nellie Bly Quotes) In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold (Nellie Bly Quotes)