They call her my singer—because her blood sings for me.

Stephenie Meyer

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Who are you?'
I didn't understand the question.
I'm Uri', he said. 'What's your name?'
I gave him my name. 'Stopthief.

Jerry Spinelli

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I am a rare species, not a stereotype.

Ivan E. Coyote

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I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We inhabit a world in which we tend to put labels on each other and expect that we will then march through life wearing them like permanent sandwich boards.

Nick Webb

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If every event which occurred could be given a name, there would be no need for stories.

John Berger

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Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Can we just call them storm spirits?” Leo asked. “Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks.

Rick Riordan

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When I'm born I'm black, when I grow up I'm black, when I'm in the sun I'm black, when I'm sick I'm black, when I die I'm black, and you... when you're born you're pink, when you grow up you're white, when you're cold you're blue, when you're sick you're blue, when you die you're green and you dare call me colored

Oglala Lakota

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You're a psychopath."
"I prefer creative.

Becca Fitzpatrick

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