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Madeleine Henry

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Madeleine Henry is the author of five novels, including Name Not Taken and My Favorite Terrible Thing. Her work has featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Post, and Entertainment Weekly. She lives with her family in New York, where she is at work on her next book. You can find her on Instagram @MadeleineHenryYoga.

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Average rating: 3.49 · 19,395 ratings · 1,983 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Favorite Terrible Thing 3.51 avg rating — 10,710 ratings — published 2024 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Name Not Taken 3.51 avg rating — 4,809 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breathe In, Cash Out 3.30 avg rating — 1,896 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Love Proof 3.47 avg rating — 1,646 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Celebrity 3.37 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 2026 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There isn't anyone you couldn't love once you've heard their story.”
― Madeleine Henry, The Love Proof

tags: empathy, love, understanding

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“Alice’s question in Wonderland, “How long is forever?” and the White Rabbit’s response, “Sometimes, just one second.”
― Madeleine Henry, The Love Proof

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“Everything Sophie read was delicious, electric mental sugar, feeding a high. She felt as if she were learning a new language: the wordless way that the world communicated. All she had to do was pay attention. (page 28)”
― Madeleine Henry, The Love Proof

tags: books, reading

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Madeleine’s Quotes

“The fact is that in order to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.”
― Sydney Smith, Dictionary Of Burning Words Of Brilliant Writers: A Cyclopaedia Of Quotations, From The Literature Of All Ages

tags: action, courage, determination, initiative

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“Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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“The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.”
― Lao Tzu, Te-Tao Ching

tags: aphorism, philosophy, proverb

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“If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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“When you do what you fear most, then you can do anything.”
― Stephen Richards

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