

Towards the end of the last episode of Serial Experiments Lain, we see Lain
have a brief conversation with her father. At the end of it, her father says:

> Lain, I'll make us some nice tea next time. Hey, with some madeleines!
> Definitely. They're great!

This seems to be a reference to Marcel Proust's ["episode of the
madeleine"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Lost_Time#Memory) in
_In Search of Lost Time_. Assuming this is the case, is there any significance
to this reference in relation to plot _beyond_ the fact that (according to
Wikipedia anyway - I haven't read Proust yet) in Proust, the madeleine is
connected to a discussion of memory?

Given that this is followed (or follows, possibly) some comments on memory in
the anime, it would make sense for this to be a "standalone" reference, but
I'm wondering if there's any significance to this other than it _just_ being a
reference to a literary discussion of memory. (For instance, is there anything
_specific_ about Proust's discussion of memory that's also relevant in the
context of SEL?)


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Is there any significance to the comment on madeleines?