“Could I pass a week in the insane ward at Blackwell's Island? I said I...” — Nellie Bly Quote

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Without Elvis none of us could have made it.”

“We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do.”

“I loved reading and writing, and teaching was the most exalted profession I could imagine.”