She had heard about small balls that were used as an aphrodisiac in the East Indies . . . When they were introduced into the sex they moulded themselves to the form of it and then they moved as the woman moved, sensitively shaping themselves to every motion of the muscles, causing a titillation much more exciting than that of the penis or finger. Lilith would have liked to find one, and to keep it inside her day and night. (Delta of Venus, Anaïs Nin)