Smiling face Quote by Jacqueline Woodson

“I felt a smile on my face. "Thanks." "For what?" "Using my name instead of calling me a thing.”

— John Corwin

“Think of the times that others remembered your name and used it kindly. How did it make you feel? When you use someone’s name…

— Susan C. Young

I was called every name under the sun and believe me that was tough, going into school every day wondering what I'm going to…

— Charlotte Crosby

I can still remember how my mother would shout my name out of the window because I was playing football late at night and…

— Kalidou Koulibaly

I didn't like the sound of people gasping at the mere mention of my name. It horrified me...

— Joni Mitchell

“Sensitivity to the sound of one's name is a special gift of loners. Because the loner does not often hear his name, he reacts…

— Wataru Watari

“WHAT am I, after all, but a child, pleas’d with the sound of my own name? repeating it over and over; I stand apart…

— Walt Whitman

“At this time, all students are to report to the greenhouse.” Scowling, I waved my arm through the spell. It swirled like smoke before…

— Rachel Hawkins

“I’d been called a freak, and worse, all through school. Now that I’d finally graduated, I was sick of it. I’d hoped that no…

— E.J. Stevens

I walked down my snow covered street. Out of habit I turned and checked for my footsteps. When I arrived at my building I…

— Nicole Krauss

That awkward moment when you think someone was waving at you, so you wave back, then play it off like you were just scratching…

— Anonymous