How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
He used wet sand and shaped it in exaggerated projections of her form. [...] Her knees grew round, her thighs were dunes and on her chest he constructed large nippled bosoms. As he worked, her dark eyes never left his face. (34.4)
This is a beautiful scene where Doctorow shows the absence of shame and repression in two children simply burying each other with sand. Their bodies are not something to be ashamed of, which is why they can look each other in the face while they do it.