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Mrs. Vale: I will not countenance deceit, Lisa, against one of my own flesh and blood. But neither will I countenance any more of Charlotte's nonsense. [to Charlotte] Lisa tells me that your latest peculiarities, your fits of crying, your secretiveness indicate you're on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Is that what you're trying to achieve?
Lisa: Charlotte, dear, believe me, I was only trying to help you.
Mrs. Vale: Dr. Jaquith has a sanitarium in Vermont, I believe. Probably one of those places with a high wire fence and yowling inmates.
Dr. Jaquith: I wouldn't want anyone to have that notion. Cascade is where people go when they're tired. Like you go to the seashore.
Mrs. Vale: The very word "psychiatry," Dr. Jaquith ... Doesn't it fill you with shame, my daughter, a member of our family?
Dr. Jaquith: There's nothing shameful or frightening about it. It's simple what I do. People come to a fork in the road. They don't know which way to go. I put up a signpost: "Not that way. This way."


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