She can't get in to heaven anyway. So she says: "Dear Mary: I am a bastard and a bastard shall not enter the kingdom of heaven as we all know. But I have this personality that makes boys follow me.

反正她是怎样也升不进天堂的，所以，她写道，亲爱的玛丽：,我是一个私生子，我不能进入天堂,众所周知，但我拥有吸引男孩的独特个性。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Complimented, my eye. She kissed me on my pure brow," and my darling emitted that new yelp of merriment which, perhaps in connection with her theatrical mannerisms, she had lately begun to affect."

是的，夸奖我的眼睛，她亲吻了我漂亮的眉毛“,我亲爱的洛丽塔发出了欢快的叫喊声，那也许和她戏剧性的行为方式有关，她随后开始变得做作起来“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Do you think I should neck or not? I shall not enter the kingdom of heaven anyway so I don't see what difference it makes.'" And then she writes back, Mary Brittle: "Dear Sabbath: Light necking is acceptable, but I think your real problem is one of adjustment to the modern world.

你认为我是该做还是不该做，我反正都上不了天堂了,因此，我认为做不做都无所谓，之后她给她回信了，玛丽-巴瑞特，亲爱的萨巴斯，你的做法是可接受的，但我认为,你真正的问题是无法融入现代社会。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选