To let blessed babies go dangling and dawdling without names, for months and months, was enough to ruin them for life.
Kate Douglas WigginTag: naming
From the day whe arrived at her husband's home, no one called her by her name.
Lauretta Ngcobo[N]ames were what you wore forever, and she felt that she'd sent her daughters out in tacky rabbit fur coats when they should have been wrapped in mink.
Sheri HolmanWhat's your name?'
'Names!' she sniffed, rolling her eyes. 'People always want names, don't they? They're mad about naming. I will let the moment name me.' she eyed Jack expectantly.
'You want me to name you?' he asked.
'People from the other side are very dull,' she sighed.
'Give yourself a name for me. I don't need naming for myself, do I?
The action of a thing is the same as the naming of it - is, in fact, the real name. The trees creak and they are saying, 'trees creak through the long night.' The long night - what is it? Trees creaking. There wasn't anything that tied life's moments together, except life. And when it was gone?
Jesse BallTag: life action naming wittgensteinian
They called him John Storm: John after his grandfather, but Storm after his father and his mother.
John CrowleyTag: names naming john-storm-drinkwater
Hello, Lucy. Do you name all your weapons, Grunthor?”
“O’ course. It’s tradition.”
Rhapsody nodded, understanding coming into her eyes. “That makes perfect sense. Do you find that you fight better with a weapon you’ve named?”
“Yep.”
Her eyes began to sparkle with excitement. “Why, Grunthor, in a way, you’re a Namer, too!”
The giant broke into a pleased grin. “Well, whaddaya know. Should Oi sing a lit’le song?”
“No,” said Rhapsody and Achmed in unison.
Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing.
But what about your true name?
It is not necessarily your given name. But it is the one to which you are most eager to respond when called.
Ever wonder why?
Your true name has the secret power to call you.
Tag: truth calling self names true answer nicknames call name naming nickname response evoke invoke respond true-name
I didn’t even have a name for her, shade or human, but I didn’t need one to know her. (Eric)
Shannon A. ThompsonTag: love identity paranormal-romance fiction unknown supernatural young-adult lovers naming anonymous
When you were born, just a fresh babe, and I held you in my arms for the first time, I knew that we had to call you Bridie, after the blessed St. Brigid. I knew because the moment I set eyes on you, I saw you had holy fire in you, exactly like our own St. Brigid.
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