In proportion as my own discomfort has increased, my conviction of necessity to search into the wants of the friendless and afflicted has deepened. If I am cold, they too are cold; if I am weary, they are distressed; if I am alone, they are abandoned.


Stranger and Traveler: The Story of Dorothea Dix, American Reformer (1975)

Dorothea Dix Quotes

In proportion as my own discomfort has increased, my conviction of necessity to search into the wants of the friendless and afflicted has deepened....

In proportion as my own discomfort has increased, my conviction of necessity to search into the wants of the friendless and afflicted has deepened....

In proportion as my own discomfort has increased, my conviction of necessity to search into the wants of the friendless and afflicted has deepened....

In proportion as my own discomfort has increased, my conviction of necessity to search into the wants of the friendless and afflicted has deepened....