But when I think about the question, would I want to spend my life ? hooked up to an experience machine?

但当我想到这个问题，我是否愿意让一生,在体验机器上度过时？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So this novel, this autobiography, begins with the sense that this boy is in danger from practically the moment he comes into the world, the moment he comes into consciousness.

这小说，这自传，让人一开始,就觉得这孩子,一生下来，就浸泡在苦水里。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选