“To write a story is an act of Naming; in reading about a protagonist I can grow along with, I am more named. And we live in a world which would reduce us to our social security numbers. Area codes, zip codes, credit card codes, all take precedence over our names. Our signatures already mean so little that it wouldn’t be a surprise if [soon] we, like prisoners, are known only by our numbers… The name of God is so aweful, so unpronounceable, that it has never been used by any of [God’s] creatures. Indeed, it is said that if, inadvertently, the great and terrible name of God should be spoken, the universe would explode.”
―Madeleine L’Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art, p. 110-111
