My name is Mike. Instantly forgettable. Unlike Heather. What a breathless little name that is.
Ellen WittlingerTags: names
That's what America's all about, man, if it's about anything. You can choose your own name.
Michael VenturaA real Christmas baby was not to be lightly named.
Kate Douglas WigginFrom the day whe arrived at her husband's home, no one called her by her name.
Lauretta NgcoboIt ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.
W.C. FieldsWhat's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?'
'Cats don't have names,' it said.
'No?' said Coraline.
'No,' said the cat. 'Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.
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I sound contemptuous, but I am not. I am interested--intrigued even--by the way time erases real lives, leaving only vague imprints. Blood and spirit fade away so that only names and dates remain.
Kate MortonTags: life history people time names dates spirits
How many colors are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of "green"?
Stan BrakhageTags: words perception creativity names labels limits
I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I've never been able to believe it. I don't believe a rose WOULD be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage.
L.M. MontgomeryTags: power-of-words names labels
Let’s all do it,” said Mr. Watts. “Close your eyes and silently recite your name.”
The sound of my name took me to a place deep inside my head. I already knew that words could take you into a new world, but I didn’t know that on the strength of one word spoken for my ears only I would find myself in a room that no one else knew about.
“Another thing,” Mr. Watts said. “No one in the history of your short lives has used the same voice as you with which to say your name. This is yours. Your special gift that no one can ever take from you.
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