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Words We Keep
sonder
noun · SON-der
The meaning
The realization that each person you encounter is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.
Why we keep it
Because the world changes a little when we remember that no one is merely a background character in our story.
Where it came from
Coined by John Koenig in The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.
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