It Is Only After One Is In

I Had Never Been Near Insane Persons Before In My Life, And Had Not The Faintest Idea Of What Their Actions Were Like

The Insane Asylum On Blackwell’s Island Is A Human Rat-trap. It Is Easy To Get In, But Once There It Is Impossible To Get Out.

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

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.

'it Is Impossible For You To Do It,' Was The Terrible Verdict. 'in The First Place You Are A Woman And Would Need A Protector, And Even If It Were Possible For You To Travel Alone You Would Need To Carry So Much Baggage That It Would Detain You In Making Rapid Changes. Besides You Speak Nothing But English, So There Is No Use Talking About It; No One But A Man Can Do This.'