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title: "1 Thing Power Quotes By Ellen Sussman"
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> [Why does naming a thing give it so much power?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/why-does-naming-a-thing-give-it-so-much-power/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/ellen-sussman-28763_doe_why-does-naming-a-thing-give-it-so-much_1970962.jpg)

## More by Ellen Sussman

> [“The only thing that lasts is love, even when it's gone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/the-only-thing-that-lasts-is-love-even-when-it-s-gone/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

> [Sometimes when daughters have a bad-girl mother, they rebel and become good girls. They are constantly embarrassed by me!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/sometimes-when-daughters-have-a-bad-girl-mother-they-rebel-and-become/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

> [“But you love her. You could love her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/but-you-love-her-you-could-love-her/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

> [“You're not in love. You're a wonderful flirt, though. You can put that on your resume.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/you-re-not-in-love-you-re-a-wonderful-flirt-though-you-can-put-that/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

> [“I can't leave you behind. You're with me all the time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/i-can-t-leave-you-behind-you-re-with-me-all-the-time/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

> [“They're all true. They all could have happened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/they-re-all-true-they-all-could-have-happened/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

> [“What are your drawn to?" ... "Language, Words, No, not teaching. Perhaps one day I'll write something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/what-are-your-drawn-to-language-words-no-not-teaching-perhaps-one-day/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

> [Sometimes we have to run away from ourselves in order to find ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/sometimes-we-have-to-run-away-from-ourselves-in-order-to-find/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

> [Our parents don't know us... They can't know us. We hide ourselves from them. Once they knew everything about us and in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/our-parents-don-t-know-us-they-can-t-know-us-we-hide-ourselves-from/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

> [“Say you'll come with me to Paris." "Je t'aime.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/say-you-ll-come-with-me-to-paris-je-t-aime/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

> [Perhaps you're not crazy, but you're very creative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/perhaps-you-re-not-crazy-but-you-re-very-creative/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

> [We don't need to talk. We need to love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/we-don-t-need-to-talk-we-need-to-love/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

> [“..I learned that there's a kind of love which must feel like coming home,...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/i-learned-that-there-s-a-kind-of-love-which-must-feel-like-coming-home/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

> [“And Philippe won't speak English. She's sure he can - he's got that European je ne sais quoi that usually means "Oh, I speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/and-philippe-won-t-speak-english-she-s-sure-he-can-he-s-got-that/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

> [“You know what he taught me? He taught me to feel more. He taught me to give myself over to feelings. And now that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-sussman/you-know-what-he-taught-me-he-taught-me-to-feel-more-he-taught-me-to/)

[Ellen Sussman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-sussman/)

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