Penny Dreadful2014

[Vanessa talks to Ethan Chandler about having a fear toward dolls]

Vanessa Ives:
I mean, I played with them. You had to, or they thought you were deviant in some dreadful way, but I never liked them. My mother insisted on deploying them around my room like an army of little play friends. But every night, before I went to sleep, I ran around my room and knocked them over.

Ethan Chandler:
Ms. Ives!

Vanessa Ives:
Then every morning I would put them all back. God, those eyes staring at you, just waiting to come to life. Who thinks that's healthy for a child?

Ethan Chandler:
Well, I played with toy soldiers. Also not the best recipe for mental health when you think about it. All those things that mark you when you're young... they make you who you are. Never escape them.