Quote by Mark Haddon

“Mother used to say that it meant Christopher was a nice name because it was a story about being kind and helpful, but I…

— Mark Haddon

“As for the opposite of kindness, which I have known well, it deserves no name.”

— James Reese

“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

“A good story, well told, makes you realize you were yearning for something you had no name for, something you didn’t even know you…

— F.S. Michaels

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

— Sean DeLauder

“But if it’s a story, even in my head, I must be telling it to someone. You don’t tell a story only to yourself.…

— Margaret Atwood

“People don't always need a name.”

— Edward Averett

“Let them see that their words can cut you and you’ll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a…

— George R.R. Martin

“Our stories have lives of their own-and it's up to us to make them mean something.”

— Francesca Zappia

“You can get so wrapped up in your own story, you forget other people have theirs, and sometimes those stories aren’t nice ones.”

— Simon James Green

“Everyone should know what it is like to be called by name. By the name of the unique person one is at heart.”

— Mary Balogh

I want my name to mean me.

— Anonymous