It seemed I had a whole host of memories going back to 1750 in England and that I was in San Francisco now only in another life and in another body.

似乎全部记忆都回到了1750年的英格兰,而现在在圣弗兰西斯科的我则是另一个人，在另一种生活里。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I think of nineteenth-century art as being horizontal and stretched out like agricultural life in New England.

我觉得19世纪的艺术应该是,水平的，就像新英格兰伸展开来的农业。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选