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“There's a word for it," she told me, "in French, for when you have a lingering impression of something having passed by. Sillage. I always think of it when a firework explodes and lights up the smoke from the ones before it."
"That's a terrible word," I teased. "It's like an excuse for holding onto the past."
"Well, I think it's beautiful. A word for remembering small moments destined to be lost.”
― The Beginning of Everything
"That's a terrible word," I teased. "It's like an excuse for holding onto the past."
"Well, I think it's beautiful. A word for remembering small moments destined to be lost.”
― The Beginning of Everything
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
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Maddie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maddie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,005 books
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136 friends
873 books
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78 friends
812 books
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22 friends
43 books
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11 friends
8,298 books
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52 friends
441 books
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29 friends
891 books
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265 friends
627 books
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177 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Chick-lit, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Psychology, Romance, Self help, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult
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