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Names are what people sometimes use to excuse their thoughts and actions towards you.

I hate ridiculous names; my weird name has haunted me all my life.

I don't like names that are clever or made-up sounding.

When you have a name that means scares, you have to live with that.

I make up names for people all the time - it's part of writing. Very often, the name comes with the character, along with of a sense of who they are and what they do.

A name, of course is like a piece of clothing, isn't it? It gives you an impression right away.

There are some characters in 'The Names' who are very much heroes and others who can only be called villains. But generally, as we get to know them, we see most of the characters are, or at least become, quite nuanced.

Whether you're choosing for yourself or for a character - or for a child - names have baggage of their own.

Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave the name.

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.