“Rousseau tells us to observe a little girl playing with her doll. She dresses and undresses the doll repeatedly, looking for new combinations of adornments.”

“I bet she was quite a doll before the sea took its toll.”

“Marie was an absolute doll, the type of woman who would drop anything she was doing to help out if you needed her.”

“Other dolls, Lily and Jane, made in Germany, had jointed arms and legs, eyelashes, eyes that opened and shut and real hair.”

“The other handicraft items are rudraksha puja malas, leather goods, bronze icons, white metal, wire dolls and Hyderabad pearls.”

“People have this vision of childhood as being a time of innocence and playing dolls.”