" There is a power in names. Olakunde told us of ashe-the power which runs through all things, subtle and flexible, which find its most potent expression in human utterance; so that it is a terrible thing to call down imprecations on an enemy, or to wish for anything but good, for what is said out loud is forged into truth. "

― M.T. Anderson , The Kingdom on the Waves (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #2)