The Miracle Worker (1962)

Kathleen Comegys: Aunt Ev

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• Aunt Ev : There's a very famous Perkins School in Boston. They're supposed to do wonders.

  Captain Arthur Keller : The child's been to specialists everywhere. They couldn't help her in Baltimore or Washington, could they?

  Kate Keller : I think the captain will write to the Perkins School.

  Captain Arthur Keller : Katie, how many times are you going to let them break your heart?

  Kate Keller : Any number of times. As long as there's the slightest chance for her to see or hear.

• Aunt Ev : Why, this child has more sense than all these men Kellers, if there's ever any way to reach that mind of hers.

• Kate Keller : She's a defective child! It's not her fault!

  Captain Arthur Keller : I didn't say it was her fault!

  Kate Keller : Well, I don't know what to do. How can I teach her, beat her till she's black and blue?

  Captain Arthur Keller : We can't have her running around loose! There must be some way to confine her!

  Kate Keller : Where, in a cage? She's a growing child!

  Captain Arthur Keller : Answer me one thing. Is it fair to the baby there?

  Kate Keller : Are you willing to put her away? She wants to talk, like me, like you and me. Every day she slips further and further away. I don't know how to call her back.

  Aunt Ev : I have a mind to write to Boston myself. If that school can't help her, maybe they'll send somebody who can.

• James Keller : Maybe you ought to put her away, Father.

  Kate Keller : What?

  James Keller : Some asylum. It's the kindest thing.

  Aunt Ev : Why, she's your sister, James!

  James Keller : Half-sister. Half mentally defective. She can't even keep herself clean. It's not pleasant to see her about all the time.

  Kate Keller : Do you dare complain about what you can see?