Chance Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

“her true name is never spoken aloud.”

— Kris Waldherr

“What’s your name?” “You just can’t take a hint, can you?” “That’s kind of a mouthful. Do you happen to go by a nickname?”

— Jessa L. Gilbert

“She has a name,” I teased. Not that I actually remembered it. But in my defense, while her lips were wrapped around me, her…

— Rachel Van Dyken

“I don’t think I’ve ever referred to any girl I dated as my girlfriend. I think that would freak me out. Even the girl…

— Daniel Amory

I looked at her and tried to speak, but all I could think about was how shocked she'd be if I said what I…

— John Grisham

“And will knowing what she reads make you know who she is?” “Can you think of a better way to tell?”

— Donna Leon

...try as i do, i can't recall her surname. Indeed, her very abstractedness and insubstantial personality seemed to say 'forget me'; she seemed to…

— Muriel Spark

Using someone's name during a conversation was like a casual caress, like stroking their hair.

— Harry Mulisch

“And even later, when for the first time in her life she had lain in bed with a man and said his name involuntarily…

— Toni Morrison

She knows that feeling too. Of believing that each time someone says her name, it’s to tell her that something bad has happened.

— Melina Marchetta

“Whenever Momma breaks a name down like that, you better hope it's not yours.”

— Angie Thomas