He never married my mother and he never lived with us.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

But my mother, being more imaginative, retaliated with an assault upon my sensibilities that crushed me with the moral horror involved in taking a life.

可是我母亲更擅长运用生活的艺术，她会用人性的良知感情惩戒我,让我以后对摧残生灵心有余悸，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I was with some friends of my mother long ago, and I remember looking at that and just thinking.

我是和我母亲以前的朋友们一起,我记得自己看着它沉思

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

My mother was pleased with the money I made.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

Day and night I begged my mother and father to take the bag away shaking with terror because no one saw them but me.

我无时无刻不乞求我的父母,指着那些袋子，让他们带走,我怕的发抖,由于除了我再也没人能看到。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"My mother was a teenage mother, at the age of 16, with my older brother,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.04