“Birthdays, like women named Bertha, are not named after great Aunt Natalie. But you, Natalie, just might be. I’m named after my uncle Birthday, who never had one since he died in the womb.”
“Sourmelina's secret (as Aunt Zo put it): 'Lina was one of those women they named the island after.”
“Don't get me started on the little airplane name badges," Natalie grumbled.”
“He had a last name for a first name, and a last name for a last name, but only because it came after his first name (the one that sounds like a last name). Otherwise, his last name would sound like a first name.”
“I want to go to Martha’s Vineyard. I have an aunt named Martha. And an uncle by that name. Neither one is related to me.”
“My birthday began with the water -Birds and the birds of the winged trees flying my name.”