we're looking for something that's true,necessary,interesting and, if not unique to death,at least not true of everything.

我们要寻找的是真实，必要，有趣的，而且就算不是死亡独有，也不能是普遍事实。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

There are two reasons, for the most part, why they are coming: they're coming to find poems that will be relevant, equal to the occasion of a death or a marriage.

主要有两个原因能解释为什么，人们访问美国诗人协会网站：,人们是来寻找一些诗歌，一些有关,死亡与婚姻等的诗歌。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选