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did you know that there's no such thing as a perfect name? one day i'm catherine and in the next breath, esther - boudica, scathach, chiang; virginia, sacagawea, rosalind. i change like the ocean so don't try to name me. don't try to limit me. you cannot keep me from being great.
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Jun 18, 2015
Jun 18, 2015 at 2:36 PM UTC
namesake
did you know that there's no such thing as a perfect name? one day i'm catherine and in the next breath, esther - boudica, scathach, chiang; virginia, sacagawea, rosalind. i change like the ocean so don't try to name me. don't try to limit me. you cannot keep me from being great.
"there's no such thing as a perfect name." - jhumpa lahiri, "the namesake"
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