“It is an easy, liquid name; not soon forgotten.”
(Charlotte Brontë, Shirley, 1849)
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“It’s as common a French name as can be.”
(Ngaio Marsh, Last Ditch, 1977)
November 3, 2009 at 6:16 pm (L, Male Names, Name Quotes A-Z)
Tags: Charlotte Bronte, Louis, Ngaio Marsh
“It is an easy, liquid name; not soon forgotten.”
(Charlotte Brontë, Shirley, 1849)
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“It’s as common a French name as can be.”
(Ngaio Marsh, Last Ditch, 1977)
November 1, 2009 at 9:04 pm (Female Names, Name Quotes A-Z, Z)
Tags: Charlotte Bronte, Zoraide
I remember I was very much amused when I frst heard her Christian name; it was Zoraïde… But the Continental nations do allow themselves vagaries in the choice of names, such as we sober English never run into. I think, indeed, we have too limited a list to choose from.
(Charlotte Brontë, Villette, 1853)