“Every student, Shadowhunter and mundane alike, knew the name Herondale. It was Jace’s last name. It was the name of heroes.”

“First name Mr, middle name 'period', last name T!”

Mr. T (1952) American actor and retired professional wrestler

“Name one hero who was happy.”

Madeline Miller book The Song of Achilles

“Every name is real. That's the nature of names.”

Jerry Spinelli book Stargirl

“We're called Shadowhunters. At least, that's what we call ourselves. The Downworlders have less complimentary names for us.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

“Dark Helmet [after everyone on the bridge announces that their last name is "Asshole."]: I knew it, I'm surrounded by Assholes.”

Mel Brooks (1926) American director, writer, actor, and producer

“Thus when the names of heroes we declare,
Names, whose unpolished sounds offend the ear,
We add, or lop some branches which abound,
Till the harsh accents are with smoothness crowned
That mellows every word, and softens every sound.”
Idcirco si quando ducum referenda virumque Nomina dura nimis dictu, atque asperrima cultu, Illa aliqui, nunc addentes, nunc inde putantes Pauca minutatim, levant, ac mollia reddunt.

Marco Girolamo Vida (1485–1566) Italian bishop

“Last name Ever/ First name Greatest/ Like a sprained ankle boy, I aint nothing to play with”

Drake (1986) Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor

“Your guest is mundane, a restless personage whose thoughts are thick with greed and treachery. A demon crouches on his shoulder, named Ambition.”

Steven Erikson book Gardens of the Moon

“Let us call our man, the hero of this story, Kingbitter. We imagine a man, and a name to go with him. Or conversely, let us imagine the name, and the man to go with it.”

Imre Kertész (1929–2016) Hungarian writer