Names Quote by Evelyn Waugh

“If they want to give you a name, take it, make it your own. Then they can’t hurt you with it anymore.”

— George R.R. Martin

“And I didn't stop hating my name until many years later, when I realized that it wasn't a name to be ashamed of, but…

— Reyna Grande

“Becoming a different person might be hard, but taking on a different name is a cinch.”

— Haruki Murakami

“A name isn't important. It doesn't make you, you make it.”

— Sean DeLauder

“When did a name ever change what someone is ?”

— Brenna Yovanoff

“I need to stop renaming the decisions I've made as mistakes just because I wish I could take them back.”

— Alicia Cook

“It doesn't matter how many times I've been called a name, it still hurts - and it still always comes as such a surprise…

— James Howe

“Why should I have to change my name? Who made that rule anyway?”

— Penelope Douglas

“...by the time you've finished naming a thing, it has already changed and the name you gave it no longer defines it exactly...”

— Joann Sfar

“I’m going to change her last name.”

— Kimberly Lauren

“I've always liked people with two names, because you get to make up your mind what you call them.”

— John Green

“Young man, names are powerful things. You don’t just go around using them for no reason.”

— Rick Riordan