Phrase by 'Nellie Bly'

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I had, toward the last, been shut off from all visitors, and so when the lawyer, Peter A. Hendricks, came and told me that friends of mine were willing to take charge of me if I would rather be with them than in the asylum, I was only too glad to give my consent.

Author: Nellie Bly - American Journalist
  Me , Friends , Mine , Lawyer


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

Author: Nellie Bly - American Journalist
  Life , Never , Like , My Life


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.

Author: Nellie Bly - American Journalist
  Me , God , Place , Pain


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.

Author: Nellie Bly - American Journalist
  More , Always , Point , Asking


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.

Author: Nellie Bly - American Journalist
  Life , Always , Know , God


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.

Author: Nellie Bly - American Journalist
  Good , Morning , Woman , Doctor


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.

Author: Nellie Bly - American Journalist
  Down , Try , Water , Fish


Could I pass a week in the insane ward at Blackwell's Island? I said I could and I would. And I did.

Author: Nellie Bly - American Journalist
  Said , Week , Island , Insane


All the asylum clothing is made by the patients, but sewing does not employ one's mind. After several months' confinement the thoughts of the busy world grow faint, and all the poor prisoners can do is to sit and ponder over their hopeless fate.

Author: Nellie Bly - American Journalist
  World , Mind , Thoughts , Busy


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