Madeleine L'Engle - A Wind in the Door (1973)

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Progo,' Meg asked. 'You memorized the names of all the stars - how many are there?' How many? Great heavens, earthling. I haven't the faintest idea.' But you said your last assignment was to memorize the names of all of them.' I did. All the stars in all the galaxies. And that's a great many.' But how many?' What difference does it make? I know their names. I don't know how many there are. It's their names that matter.

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The naked intellect is an extraordinarily inaccurate instrument.

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Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition.

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I think your mythology would call them fallen angels. War and hate are their business, and one of their chief weapons is un-Naming - making people not know who they are. If someone knows who he is, really knows, then he doesn't need to hate. That's why we still need Namers, because there are places throughout the universe like your planet Earth. When everyone is really and truly Named, then the Echthroi will be vanquished.

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Meg, when people don't know who they are, they are open either to being Xed, or Named

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We tend to think things are new because we've just discovered them.

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It is not always on the great or the important that the balance of the universe depends.

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