Quotes of: Name Keyword

Your mysterious young friend, whose name you have never told me, but whose picture really fascinates me, never thinks.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Thank you Heavenly Father. You heard my petition. You have answered my plea. May your name be glorified and be praised.

Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

Call it walking meditation or a neighborhood stroll; by whatever name suits you, rediscover the art of meandering.

Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road

Avoid the temptation to force a moment so you won’t miss the one with your name on it.

Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road

She knows that feeling too. Of believing that each time someone says her name, it’s to tell her that something bad has happened.

The Piper's Son

I could have drowned today. If they hadn’t been screaming my name so loudly and if I hadn’t woken up, I would have drowned.

The Pax Valley

disclaimer:This is a work of nonfiction, but it is also full of dreams, speculations, and shadows. Many names have been changed.

The Ticking Is the Bomb: A Memoir

They call me Domino for obvious reasons. One nudge in the right direction and I'm flat on my stomach.

Trilogy No. 111: Speak Its Name

I want to be the guy who the guy you admire admires. I hope his name is Guy, because I admire M.C. Escher.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

The birds bark my name, and I meow theirs in return. I may be a bit mixed up about life, but not about love. Or maybe I mixed that up.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

I want to leave behind me the name of a fellow who never bullied a little boy, or turned his back on a big one.

Tom Brown's Schooldays

I think the perfect pen name is Quill McSeagull. Especially for writing flights of fancy—and nothing has more feathers than a love poem.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Money, like a person whose first name is Money, shouldn’t be what you spend your time fantasizing about. And the same goes for goats too, you pervert.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Her name is Today. I told her I’d call her tomorrow. That was yesterday. I’m confused about the time, but not about the fact that I’m in love.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

His last name was Morris, but I called him Mars, because it’s like he was from another planet, like Venus. He was a cross dresser.

This Book Has No Title

Don’t tell me your name. It’s likely to awaken my conscience, and that’s the last thing we want.

Ten Things I Love About You

O God, make me worthy of this calling, that the name of Jesus may be glorified in me and I in him.

The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions

And in the movement of the sun, I felt something I hardly know how to name: some huge, cosmic love. 

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Avoid teams at all cost. Keep your circle small. Never join a group that has a name.

When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?

She had been born with a different name, to a woman with laughing eyes and warmly whispered words of love who’d died degraded and afraid on a misty Irish morning.

When Gods Die

Hey Chris, bet you don't know the Latin name of the red-headed woodpecker." That was a hard one. Chris had to say very slowly.

The Westing Game