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“Reading poetry is like undressing before a bath. You don't undress out of fear that your clothes will become wet. You undress because you want the water to touch you. You want to completely immerse yourself in the feeling of the water and to emerge anew.”
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“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
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“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
― Four Quartets
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
― Four Quartets
“I have preferred to teach my students not English literature but my love for certain authors, or, even better, certain pages, or even better than that, certain lines. One falls in love with a line, then with a page, then with an author. Well, why not? It is a beautiful process.”
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Xinxin’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Xinxin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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28 friends
102 books
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2 friends
220 books
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84 friends
37 books
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68 friends
1 book
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35 friends
11 books
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35 friends
113 books
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251 friends
1 book
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22 friends
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