But the message isn't that optimistic sort of that life is short, enjoy it. It's more that the past is no good to us and we can't rekindle the past.

但是其所传达的信息并不是乐观的，不是那种,生命短暂，尽情享受的想法，此外,过去于我们无益，我们也无法使昔日之火复燃。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

This monumental novel about 20 hours in the life of an average man can be read and appreciated like any other great novel once its framework and form are visualized, just as we can enjoy Hamlet without solving all the problems which agitate the critics and scholars."

这部不朽的小说是关于一个,平常人生命中的二十个小时,在它的框架和形式显现出来的时候,它就能像其他伟大小说一样被阅读和欣赏，就像我们欣赏《哈姆雷特》那样,不用解决那些激发批评家和学者讨论的问题“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选