Purpose is a clearer thinker than anyone I know. She is also the least forgiving of mistakes, but the most compassionate of those who make them. It all depends on where you're coming from, and whether the error was made from honest ignorance or an attempt to cover things up. <...>
Purpose is not easy to live with, but she is a loyal friend. The men she used to go out with seldom lived up to her high expectations. They were always the ones who made the first move to leave. She'd always had this knack of telling people not what they want to hear, but what they need to know, and this disturbs them.
I can see whey Passion and Purpose are so attracted to each other. She's fascinated by his energy and intensity, and he admires her sense of focus, how she can always find her way without making a fuss. She calms and steadies him, and he makes her feel alive. -- Alvin Pang, What Gives Us Our Names, 2011.