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Don’t you want to know my name?” the boy asks. “Names are not of nearly as much import as people like to suppose,” the man in the grey suit says. “A label assigned to identify you either by this institution or your departed parents is neith...

The Night Circus

Her name is Shelen, and I think she probably has a brother named Helen. He is Helen, a male with a female’s name, but life could be worse. He could be a liar, a thief, and immoral. In other words, Helen could be a politician. And without knowing an...

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Isn't it interesting that in Acts 11, at the end of verse 26, it says, "The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch." What I find interesting is the simple thought that the Christians didn't name themselves. But rather, they were called (or...

Chris Tomlin

We know of no spectacle more ridiculous—or more contemptible—than that of the religious reactionaries who dare to re-write the history of our republic. Or who try to do so. Is it possible that, in their vanity and stupidity, they suppose that the...

Christopher Hitchens

I was born 'Harmony,' and it was weird because when I was a little kid, I was picked on so much that when I was 13, I changed my name to Harmful. I thought it was a tougher name, so I had it legally changed. And then, I don't know, it just didn't see...

Harmony Korine

Jonathan Mardukas: What's the name of this establishment? Red Wood: Red's Corner Bar. Jonathan Mardukas: Are you Red? Red Wood: Yes. Jonathan Mardukas: Do you dye your hair? Red Wood: No. [pause] Jonathan Mardukas: Why do they call you Red? Red Wood:...

Midnight Run

Jack Lauderdale: So Ray, we got to talk about your name, man. Robinson. I mean, Sugar Ray got to Robinson franchise all sewed up. So I'm thinking we go with your middle name: Charles. As in "Ray Charles." Ray Charles: I don't care what you call me, m...

Ray

General "Buck" Turgidson: Hmm... Strangelove? What kind of a name is that? That ain't no Kraut name is it, Stainesey? Mr. Staines: He changed it when he became a citizen. Used to be Merkwürdigliebe. [the German word for "Strangelove"] General "Buck"...

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Freeman: Oren. John. Lethe. Eliza. Randall. Emily. Platt... Platt! [Solomon is the only one still seated. He does not respond; Freeman approaches him] Freeman: You fit the description given. Why didn't you answer when called? Solomon Northup: My name...

12 Years a Slave

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. Proverbs 22:1

Biblical

The river may dry up but she keeps her name.

Nigerian

A good name reaches far but a bad one reaches farther.

Yugoslavian

There’s glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will

Code Name Verity

Don't know how I kept going. You just do. You have to, so you do.

Code Name Verity

Decoupage hit Mooreland pretty hard...

Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana

Language itself is a major resource in the naming of what cannot be named

9/11: The Culture of Commemoration

¿Es el amor el que vuelve estúpidas a las personas o es que sólo los estúpidos se enamoran?

My Name is Red

Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.

My Name is Red

The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body.

The Name of the Rose

How peaceful life would be without Love, Adso. How Safe. How Tranquil. And how Dull.

The Name of the Rose

It was like walking into a treasure trove of books, hoarded by pirate librarians.

The Name of This Book Is Secret