Brotherhood Quote by J.R. Ward

“She nodded, wondering why couldn't she have been named Mary. Or Sue. But no, she had to be nine-letter Elizabeth.”

— J.R. Ward

“Her name was Mary, and there ends any resemblance to the mother of our Lord.”

— Sue Monk Kidd

“The nickname had irritated and pleased her at the same time. It made her feel foolish, but she was aware that in renaming her…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

“I couldn't help but notice that he'd pronounced her name differently, like her name, and only her name, contained all the good letters.”

— Morgan Matson

“My name is Anne; spelled with an e at the end." said Anne to Mrs. Thomas.”

— Budge Wilson

“Then she sat down on a kitchen stool with the mysterious letter in her hand. Who are you? She had no idea. She was…

— Jostein Gaarder

“I don't want to be just another thing mary elizabeth is in charge of”

— Stephen Chbosky

Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.

— Jane Austen

“She had not been the sort to have cared about the naming of things that existed well without it…”

— Thomm Quackenbush

“[H]e went ahead and named them without her, pulling from the spiral notebook of names they'd been collecting, putting together first and middle names…

— Sheri Holman

“I wish you could persuade Mary not to be always fancying herself ill.”

— Jane Austen