Rag Doll Quotes

“I feel the stitches holding me together as though I am a rag doll with stuffing trying to leak out.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“The darkest night was always a special time for me as a child, when the stars were at their brightest. It would warm my heart to spend that time with you."
A tear pools in my mother's glassy eye. "We would enjoy that very much, as you are our star."
We embrace again, a loving tangle of yarn and stuffing and laughter.”
― Megan Shepherd, Hour of the Pumpkin Queen

“She didn't know where these visions came from or why they would come. Perhaps it was a side effect of whatever process Dr. Finkelstein had used to bring her to life. Or maybe the old brain he'd stuffed in her head had been psychic when it belonged to its person. Or maybe it was just a rag doll thing; she had no other doll friends to compare to, so she couldn't be sure.
But while she didn't know why the visions came and she couldn't predict when they would come, she was sure of one thing.
They were usually trying to tell her something. Something important.
And she needed to pay attention.”
― Mari Mancusi, Sally's Lament

“Sally!" My parents' stitched faces beam at us as they throw their downy arms around me. They both wear silk pajamas with midnight-blue robes that surround me like cottony clouds. My heart leaps like a baby lamb. Their candle-wax smell grips me in a familiar embrace, and I feel like a daydreamy little girl again.”
― Megan Shepherd, Hour of the Pumpkin Queen

“I can't help feeling a connection with Luna beyond just our being rag dolls. Both of us quiet. Bookish. Daydreamy. But whereas I grew up as friendless as a lone daisy in a graveyard, Luna has every chance to blossom.
Besides, I tell myself, I'm not some lost stray cat hiding in the shadows anymore. Dr. Finkelstein was wrong. I am a queen, and I'm exactly where I belong-- with my family and Jack, who completes me in ways I didn't even know possible.”
― Megan Shepherd, Hour of the Pumpkin Queen