I Have Never Written A Word That

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.

I Have Never Written A Word That Did Not Come From My Heart. I Never Shall.

Could I Pass A Week In The Insane Ward At Blackwell's Island? I Said I Could And I Would. And I Did.

Accept Praise For Its Worth - Politeness. Be Brutally Frank With Yourself. It's Safer.

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.