Madelines dictionary

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Alice's adventures in wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Spoiler alert: Beware the queen of hearts. She'll have your head.

Madeleine's dictionary
Ob.ses.sion
1. Acute (and completely justifiable) interest in something ( or someone) acutely interesting [2015, Whittier]
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As.ymp.tote
1. A wish that continually approaches but never achieves fulfilment. [2015, Whittier] Nicola Yoon.

Prom.ise
1. The lie you want to keep [2015, Whittier] Nicola Yoon.

O.cean
1.the endless part of yourself you never knew but always suspected was there.[2015, Whittier] Nicola Yoon.

In.fi.nite
1. The state of not knowing where one body ends and another begins: our joy is infinite.[2015, Whittier] Nicola Yoon.

Sus.pi.cion
1. The truth you don't believe, can't believe, won't believe: her suspicion of her mother keeps her awake all night. |She had a burgeoning suspicion that the world was laughing at her.[2015, Whittier] Nicola Yoon.

Fairy tales
Once Upon a time there was a girl whose entire life was a lie. Nicola Yoon.

The void
A universe that can wink into existence can wink out again. Nicola Yoon.

Invisible man by Ralph Ellison
Spoiler alert: you don't exist if no one can see you.

The stranger by Albert Camus
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Spoiler alert: everything is nothing.

Rules are not meant to be broken.
Life is not a gift.  Do not waste it!
Nicola Yoon

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