The Name She Gave Me Quotes

“Every story about little kids
packing a suitcase
and running away from home
ends with laughter,
hot cocoa, and hugs.
It’s really not funny at all
that when you’re little,
there’s no place else
to go
but the same home
you just left.”
― Betty Culley, The Name She Gave Me: A Powerful Young Adult Novel in Verse About Adoption and Searching for a Biological Sister

“Talking too much
could also backfire.
So I decide
the plan for now
is to only say
what is needed
and nothing more.”
― Betty Culley, The Name She Gave Me: A Powerful Young Adult Novel in Verse About Adoption and Searching for a Biological Sister

“Douglas is safe
and Dad knew
all along
that I hid
from Mom
under the porch.
He saved Douglas,
but he never saved me.

“And right there on the ground
I decide I’m going to save
anyone I can.
It won’t matter if I’ve known them
a day or a year or their whole life—
I’ll never choose one person
over the other,
no matter who they are.”
― Betty Culley, The Name She Gave Me: A Powerful Young Adult Novel in Verse About Adoption and Searching for a Biological Sister