The twenty-five years I have lived since then tapered to a palpitating point and vanished. This is a remarkable passage to me.

那以后生活的二十五年，就惭渐缩小成一个颤栗的点,以致终于消失了，这个段落非常值得注意。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And then watch what happens to the prose style and the difference in tone: I find it most difficult to express with adequate force that flash, that shiver, that impact of passionate recognition.

然后看看那些散文风格,及语调发生的改变：,我发现要恰如其份地表现一刹那的那种颤栗，那种动了感情发现的碰撞，真是最为困难。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选