“She had always been the least of the sisters, called Beauty because she had no other, better characteristic to name her as herself.” NamesBeautySistersBeauty And The Beast Book:Rose Daughter Source: Rose Daughter
“Vampire. Dangerous. Unknowable. Seriously creepy. This one's name was Constantine. We'd met before.” NamesDangerousMetsVampireCreepyConstantine Author:Robin McKinley
“Oh, why does compassion weaken us?' It doesn't, really...Somewhere where it all balances out-don't the philosophers have a name for it, the perfect place, the place where the answers live?-if we could go there, you could see it doesn't.It only looks, a little bit, like it does, from here, like an ant at the foot of an oak tree. He doesn't have a clue that it's a tree; it's the beginning of the wall round the world, to him.” IfsWorldLooksLittlesDoeNamesBitsAnswersPerfectCompassionTreeFeetWallBalanceLittle BitRoundsPhilosopherClueAntsOaksOak Tree Author:Robin McKinley
“One day" she told them, "when you have retired, you will go to live with a family who will love you for your beauty and nothing more, and if you're very lucky there will be children, and the children will pet you and pet you and pet you. Ossin has a list, I think, of such children; he sends his hunting-staff out during the months they are not needed for that work, to look for them, and add names to the list." The fleethounds stared back at her with their enormous dark liquid eyes, and believed every word.” IfsThinkingLooksChildrenEyeNamesDarkLove YouMonthsNeededOne DayLuckyAddListsEnormousPetHuntingStaffRetiredLiquid Book:Deerskin Source: Deerskin
“Tell me who you are. You need not tell me your name. Names have power, even human ones. Tell me where you live and what you do with your living.” NeedsHumansNamesWho You AreWhere You Live Author:Robin McKinley
“But it was equally clear to her that this was her fate, that she had called its name and it had come to her, and she could do nothing now but own it.” NamesClearFate Book:Rose Daughter Source: Rose Daughter
