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“A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.”
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“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart.
...live in the question.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
...live in the question.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
“They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars—on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places.”
― The Poetry of Robert Frost
Between stars—on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places.”
― The Poetry of Robert Frost
“A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.”
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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
Tan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
344 books
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113 friends
1,729 books
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51 friends
473 books
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47 friends
112 books
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9 friends
122 books
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60 friends
356 books
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61 friends
247 books
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122 friends
240 books
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70 friends
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Art, Book Club, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Suspense, and War
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