Aunt Ev Quotes in The Miracle Worker (1962)

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?