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“I don't know if he's realized that I can't refuse him when he says my name like that.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“True, but it never hurts to understand a place a little better. That’s why words are so important. They’re like a soul and a story all in one.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the City of Gold

“You’re a Bennett.â€�
“I don’t know that I appreciate the derision in your voice. It’s a nice name. One I’m proud of despite everything.�
“Joe is your son. Which makes him a Bennett.�
“Yes. That’s usually how it works.�
“Which means Kelly is a Bennett.�
“It’s good to know your talent for stating the obvious remains remarkably intact,â€� she said dryly.”
― T.J. Klune, Heartsong

“I am Nothing. He liked the name. It did not make him feel worthless; on the contrary, he began to think of himself as a blank slate upon which anything could be written. The words inscribed on his soul were up to him.”
― Poppy Z. Brite, Lost Souls

“What's in a name? that which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.' In other words, the essence of an object does not change depending on it's name. This is a common misconception not unlike the 'world is flat' belief. By verbally identifying an object, by giving it a name, we alter it. And at the same time we prevent it from changing. A name is like a forked stick that we use to hold a snake on the ground." Portnov imitated using a forked branch to press down an imaginary viper. "By the way, consider this: the contradictory nature of a statement almost certainly proves its legitimacy... Come in." [...]
"May I continue? Thank you. However, there is also another misconception-by which a name automatically defines the properties of an object. Here is a pen." He tossed up and caught a dark-blue pen with a white top. "If I give it the name of... an earthworm, will it slither?"
Second years, Group A, maintained a tense silence. No one wanted to risk an answer.
"It will not." Portnov let the pen fall on his desk. "Because this given piece of plastic has nothing in common with the process and events that we are talking about, that we spend time studying... between dance parties and dealing with gastrointestinal problems. Besides, when I say 'give a name,' I do not imply any of the languages that are commonly used by any of the living persons. I am talking about Speech, which you will begin to study during your third year. Some of you may start earlier.”
― Marina Dyachenko, Vita Nostra

“He knows your name. Not Libby, not Elizabeth Sinclair. Your true name, the one at the heart of you that has never been spoken. He knows you, and He calls you by it. You, in all your uniqueness. You, in all that makes you different from others. You, in all that you have in common with them. He knows you, and He calls you by name. He knows how you fit into this world.”
― Roseanna M. White, The Nature of a Lady

“I begin to wonder at the importance of a name at all. Is it not an idea of the other person, all we have in our mind? And what if the very concept begins to lose its meaning? When dust sets on, feelings turning colors into a shade of gray.
It only takes a few words, a little distance, a little confusion in our mind, and we are ready to press delete on each other.”
― Rolf van der Wind

“You say my name weird."

He wipes at the crumbs on the table. "How's that?"

"You linger over it, like you're about to take it's clothes off and fuck it."

"Weed is truth serum for you.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, The Revenge Pact

“A name, Ruth thought, could be either a ghost or a portent depending upon which side of time you were standing.”
― Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being

“If I die, all of you will rise back up... You will tell him that you fight in the name of the Queen and that you shall avenge her!”
― S.P. Jordans, The Frozen Abyss

“Avocado must be a magical fruit.
The name itself sounds like an invocation.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“Every breath of mine has your name in it!”
― Avijeet Das

“When you make Zikr and contemplate on a Name of the One Living Reality, focus on your heart. Become aware that this One Living Reality exists within your heart. However, before you begin, pray to this One Living Reality beseeching forgiveness for your actions and thoughts of duality (what the traditional teachings call 'sin'). As you contemplate on the Name, allow your heart to fill with this Attribute of the One Living Reality. That is all. Do not walk around thinking 'God is inside me,' for that is pride and dualistic behavior. You are privileged even to say the Name. Do not think you are special, for believing in a 'you' is to set up partners with the One Living Reality.”
― Laurence Galian, The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis

“Who are you?â€� they asked.
“I’m not the one who chose my country, my parents, and my name! But I’m the one who decides how to think.� I replied.
Wistfully, they didn’t accept my thoughts as an ID!”
― Jim Borna

“I used to sing, in secret, so my father wouldn't know. I used to sing arias. Know what they are? Little tales, cries in the night. If you sing an aria, the world will know all about you. It will know your dreams and secrets. Your pains and your loves.

I'll name you Aria, after all the world's pains and all the world's loves. It will be as if you had never been abandoned. And when you open your mouth to speak, all the world will know you.”
― Nazanine Hozar, Aria

“The mark of a new name was to show that their past was remembered no more.”
― Martin Ellgar, God's Cry to the Church

“Es ist ein großer Fehler, zu denken, die Sprache der Kabbala benütze abstrakte Bezeichnungen. Ganz im Gegenteil - sie berührt nichts außer dem Konkreten. Und tatsächlich existieren in der Welt reale Dinge, die wir zwar nicht erkennen können, wie zum Beispiel Magnetismus, Elektrizität usw. Und nichtsdestotrotz wird nur ein Narr behaupten, diese Bezeichnungen seien abstrakt. Denn wir sind gut mit ihren Auswirkungen vertraut, und was interessiert es uns, dass es uns unbekannt ist, was ihr Wesen darstellt.
Schließlich geben wir jeder Erscheinung eine konkrete Bezeichnung, entsprechend den Handlungen, die sie bewirkt. Und selbst ein Kleinkind, das gerade zu sprechen beginnt, kann etwas beim Namen nennen, sobald es dessen Wirkungen wahrgenommen hat. Und das ist unser Gesetz: „Alles was nicht erkannt wurde, können wir nicht beim Namen nennenâ€�.”
― Yehuda Ashlag, Kabbala für Anfänger

“Babyhoney Harpercelery."
The honey, a percolating bubble full of flowers and citrus, bursts wide open when the sea pf celery- the only vegetable I know that comes pre-salted- washes in. An unexpectedly pleasurable combination of flavors that made me wobbly in the knees.”
― Monique Truong, Bitter in the Mouth

“A main street? Depends on its name.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land

“The fearful name is the Supreme LORD GOD.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Did I tell you I went to Chris Baker's restaurant? Seòin." She pronounces it "shown." "He told me it means 'feast' in Gaelic.”
― Brianne Moore, All Stirred Up

“I am not the actress, but that is my real name.”
― Jodi Foster, Forgotten Burial: A Restless Spirit s Plea for Justice

“You're always such a good girl. Always so kind. I should have named you Empathy."
"Emotions instead of countries? What a novel idea!”
― Sonali Dev, Incense and Sensibility

“Now that San Francisco's real estate market had exploded in value, this ramshackle old structure was probably one of the most desired addresses in the neighborhood. With its historic charm and detail, the Sunrose Building, as it was called, was undoubtedly candy corn for real estate developers. The name of the building apparently came from a detail at the roofline---a winking sun. The bookstore's sign and logo incorporated the image. The shop's signature bookmark, printed on the old letterpress and given out with every purchase, bore the image with the slogan An Eye For Good Books.”
― Susan Wiggs, The Lost and Found Bookshop

“I expect the name ‘Steven Mageeâ€� will become associated with the reform of the corrupt aspects of professional astronomy.”
― Steven Magee

“The best way to fight this is to recognize it, name it, and refuse to go along with it.”
― G. Richard Shell, Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People

“Naming your child Wiseman does not guarantee that he will someday be a wise man â€� or even just a man.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Sometimes it is, unbeknown to us, the name or the nickname, not the person or the thing, that is unknown to us.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You can know the name, but not understand or know the named.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The sky is scythe into rain. Another name for the flesh.”
― Sneha Subramanian Kanta, Ghost Tracks