There's no life that I'm able to imagine for myself that's one that I would want to take on forever.

我不能为自己想象出一种,愿意永远过下去的生活。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And for me it's fun because I may not know the novel that you end up picking, and so it is a kind of challenge for me to take a novel that you've chosen and come to grips with it myself It may be one that I know.

我也觉得很好玩,因为我可能不知道你们最后选择的小说，所以对我来说,认真对待你们选的一本书很有挑战性,可能是一本我知道的书。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

If i would go back in time and give myself one piece of advice as undergradute, it would be take pride in your decisions and hardwork, but not in your gifts.

如果时光倒流,我能为本科时期的我,提个建议的话,我会说，为自己作出的决定和勤奋工作，而不是自己的天赋感到骄傲。

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