Somewhere along the line in one damn incarnation or another, if you like, you not only had a hankering to be an actor or an actress, but to be a good one. You're stuck with it now.

在线路的某个地方，在化身或其他东西里，如果你想要，你不仅能渴望成为一个演员,也能成为一个出色的演员，你想现在是被困住了。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Detachment, buddy, and only detachment, desirelessness, cessation from all hankering.

超然，巴蒂，唯一的超然，无欲无求，所有的渴望欲望停止。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选