I Walked with a Zombie - Cultural Differences and Personal Resilience
Mrs. Rand:
These people are primitive. Things that are natural to them might shock and horrify you.
Betsy Connell:
I'm not easily frightened.
Mrs. Rand:
That may be the pity of it.
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I Walked with a Zombie - Perceptions of Voodoo and Its Practice
Betsy Connell:
I thought voodoo was something everyone was frightened of?
Paul Holland:
I'm afraid it's not very frightening. They sing and dance and carry on. And then, as I understand it, one of the gods comes down and speaks through one of the people.
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I Walked with a Zombie - Confronting Mental Health and Local Superstitions
Betsy Connell:
Frankly, it was something of a shock to see my patient that way for the first time. Nobody had told me Mrs. Holland was a... mental case.
Paul Holland:
A "mental case"?
Betsy Connell:
I'm sorry...
Paul Holland:
Why should you be? My wife IS a mental case. Please remember that, Miss Connell. Particularly when some of the foolish people on the island start regaling you with the local legends. You'll find superstition a contagious thing. Some people let it get the better of them. I don't think you will.
Betsy Connell:
No.
Paul Holland:
Come along. I'll introduce you to Dr. Maxwell and your patient.
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I Walked with a Zombie - The Illusion of Beauty and Reality
Paul Holland:
It's not beautiful.
Betsy Connell:
You read my thoughts, Mr. Holland.
Paul Holland:
It's easy enough to read the thoughts of a newcomer. Everything seems beautiful because you don't understand. Those flying fish, they're not leaping for joy, they're jumping in terror. Bigger fish want to eat them. That luminous water, it takes its gleam from millions of tiny dead bodies. The glitter of putrescence. There is no beauty here, only death and decay.
Betsy Connell:
You can't really believe that.
Paul Holland:
Everything good dies here. Even the stars.
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I Walked with a Zombie - Awakening Without Fright: A Gentle Touch
Alma: [walking into Betsy's room while Betsy is sleeping, and touching and wiggling Betsy's big toe]
Good morning, Miss.
Betsy Connell:
Thank you for waking me.
Alma:
I didn't want to frighten you out of your sleep, Miss. That's why I touched you farthest from your heart.
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I Walked with a Zombie - Job Interview Discussion in Ottawa
Job Interviewer:
You're single?
Betsy Connell:
Yes.
Job Interviewer:
Where were you trained?
Betsy Connell:
Memorial Hospital, here in Ottawa.
Job Interviewer:
Now, this last question is a little irregular, Miss Connell. I really don't know quite how to begin. Do you believe in witchcraft?
Betsy Connell: [laughing]
Well, they didn't teach it at Memorial Hospital, but I had my suspicions about the Directors of Training.
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I Walked with a Zombie - Guidance and Perspective in Relationships
Betsy Connell: [noticing Alma having difficulty trying to lead a stubborn horse]
Alma, try it this way... Turn your back on him. You see, that's the way it is with a horse: you can't lead him and look at him at the same time.
Alma: [chuckling]
Sounds sorta man-like, don't it?
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I Walked with a Zombie - Overcoming Childhood Fears of Darkness
Betsy Connell:
Well, I used to be afraid of the dark when I was a child. But, I'm not afraid any more.
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I Walked with a Zombie - Reflections on Encountering the Unfamiliar
Betsy Connell: [voice over, giggling after the first line]
I walked with a zombie. It does seem an odd thing to say. Had anyone said that to me a year ago, I'm not at all sure I would have known what a zombie was. Oh, I might have had some notion that they were strange and frightening... even a little funny. It all began in such an ordinary way...
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