"I shuddered to think how completely the insane……" — Nellie Bly
"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."
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28 Quotes by Nellie Bly
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On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we…
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What a mysterious thing madness is. I have watched patients whose lips are forever sealed in a perpetual silence. They…
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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…
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I hardly expected the grand jury to sustain me, after they saw everything different from what it had been while…
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ACCEPT PRAISE FOR ITS WORTH - POLITENESS. BE BRUTALLY FRANK WITH YOURSELF. IT'S SAFER.
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COULD I PASS A WEEK IN THE INSANE WARD AT BLACKWELL'S ISLAND? I SAID I COULD AND I WOULD. AND…
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ENERGY RIGHTLY APPLIED CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.
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'IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO DO IT,' WAS THE TERRIBLE VERDICT. 'IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU ARE A WOMAN…
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'VERY WELL,' I SAID ANGRILY, 'START THE MAN, AND I'LL START THE SAME DAY FOR SOME OTHER NEWSPAPER AND BEAT…
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The insane asylum on Blackwell’s Island is a human rat-trap. It is easy to get in, but once there it…
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But here let me say one thing: From the moment I entered the insane ward on the Island, I made…
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I always made a point of telling the doctors I was sane, and asking to be released, but the more…
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