Mercy Street (TV Series)
The Diabolical Plot (2016)
Cherry Jones: Dorothea Dix
Quotes
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Dorothea Dix : Our mission grows, Miss Phinney. The war will not end soon.
Mary Phinney : I fear that is so.
Dorothea Dix : Fear? Oh, don't do that. The dark menace of the future makes cowards of us all, and the past is a thing which each of us must overcome in her own way. Is that not so, Baronness?
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Mary Phinney : Have I disappointed you?
Dorothea Dix : Have you disappointed yourself?
Mary Phinney : It has not been as I expected.
Dorothea Dix : Oh. It never is.
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Dorothea Dix : Our mission grows, Miss Phinney. The war will not end soon.
Mary Phinney : I fear that is so.
Dorothea Dix : Fear? Oh, don't do that. The dark menace of the future makes cowards of us all, and the past is a thing which each of us must overcome in her own way. Is that not so, my dear Baronness?
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Dorothea Dix : ...We need places of mercy now more than ever. So, you must fight through it. The hardships, the resistance, the futility. There is nothing here without you.