First time Quote by Toni Morrison

“An emotion clamped down on her heart. It squeezed her into a terrible silence. But he said nothing after that, only her name, as…

— Marie Rutkoski

“Her name was Her, but what was hers? His name was His, and he presumed everything was his, including her, and he thought he…

— Rebecca Solnit

“when he called her Anne, it was the first time she felt as if the name was truly hers.”

— Julia Quinn

“He was a man who fucked in silence. And when he climaxed, long, hard, endlessly, inside her tight body, he heard his voice in…

— Anne Stuart

“From the day whe arrived at her husband's home, no one called her by her name.”

— Lauretta Ngcobo

“He wanted her. Her. Nothing could take that away from her. Ever. He wanted her, not the status he thought her purloined name could…

— Connie Brockway

“he’d uttered his name. And now she understood, he’d been telling her so ever since he’d landed at her feet in the ballroom”

— Tessa Dare

“When would people stop saying his name out loud? Each time was a tiny gunshot through her heart.”

— Lauren Gilley

“She would give him the benefit of the doubt, as she always did: her experience had taught her that the names we gave to…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“In the future, he will try to say her name enough, but he never can.”

— Ann Patchett

“She hated the namelessness of women in stories, as if they lived and died so that men could have metaphysical insights.”

— Chad Harbach

“She wrote his name on a piece of paper and lit it with a match. The letters curled as they turned dark and misshapen…

— Eric Overby