Haze poked his toe in his side, and he wheezed for a second and then was quiet. "Two things I can't stand," Haze said, "a man that ain't true, and one that mocks what is. You shouldn't ever have tampered with me if you didn't want what you got."

海斯把他的脚放在他身边，他喘息了一秒,之后便静了下来，海斯说，有两件事是我所不能忍受的，不诚实的人，嘲笑他人的人，你本不该,碰我的东西，如果你不想要得到什么“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Somewhere in The Great Gatsby, which was my Tom Sawyer when I was twelve, the youthful narrator remarks that everybody suspects himself of having at least one of the cardinal virtues and he goes on to say that he thinks his, bless his heart, is honesty.

在Great，Gatsby的某个地方，我表哥在那,当时我12岁，那个年轻的叙事者谈论道,每个人都怀疑他,有至少一种基本的美德，他继续说,他认为他的内心是诚实的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选