“We, the creatures, are named, and our names are part of our wholeness. It used to be a moment of great importance when someone said, “Oh, don’t call me Mrs. X. Call me Anne—or Katherine. Alex or John. My name is a gift which I offer you.”… I love the rare moments when I am permitted to offer my name to someone… And I remember times when I have been given a name—and to be given a name is an act of intimacy as powerful as any act of love.”
―Madeleine L’Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art, p. 111-112
