“The word begone is a Russian doll. A small, single word, which contains so many others; and when all the smaller words inside line up, they look like a bridge: Be Beg Ego Go On One.” LooksLinesGoes OnEgoBridgesDollsSingle WordRussian Dolls Author:Craig Stone
“I have collections of quirky things from places I've been to, like a set of Russian dolls.” CollectionsDollsQuirkyPlaces I've BeenRussian Dolls Author:Emma Watson
“As it unfolded, the structure of the story began to remind me of one of those Russian dolls that contain innumerable ever-smaller dolls within. Step by step the narrative split into a thousand stories, as if it had entered a gallery of mirrors, its identity fragmented into endless reflections.” IfsStoriesStepsIdentityThousandReflectionMirrorsStructureEndlessNarrativeSplitsGalleryDollsFragmentedRussian Dolls Book:The Shadow Of The Wind Source: The Shadow Of The Wind
“Keep thinking. You can hear our brains rattling around inside us, like the littler Russian dolls.” ThinkingBrainDollsRussian Dolls Author:Matthew Tobin Anderson
“As in a Russian doll, however, the outer layers always contain an inner core. Instead of evolution having replaced simpler forms of empathy with more advanced ones, the latter are merely elaborations on the former and remain dependent on them. This also means that empathy comes naturally to us. It is not something we only learn later in life, or that is culturally constructed.” MeanFormEvolutionEmpathyCoreFormerDependentLatterLayersReplacedDollsLater In LifeRussian Dolls Author:Frans de Waal