In Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories, a quote I have personally found interesting is:
“To give a thing a name, a label, a handle; to rescue it from anonymity, to pluck it out of the Place of Namelessness, in short to identify it—well, that’s a way of bringing the said thing into being.” (p.63)
This quote shows us the power of naming, as well as how the language shapes reality as we know it. By giving things names we can truly understand them, as it gives existence to concepts ato the objects and places we name. In the book, naming is a big part of the plot as it highlights the significance of language and how it affects our perception of the world.