Each book, each writer, each voice reflects another thread in the rich tapestry of human experience, human response to life and its puzzles, human reflection on the sublime and the depraved.

每本书，每个作者，每种声音,反映了纷繁人类历程画卷中的一个侧面,人类对生活和生活困惑的反应，人类对高尚和腐败的思考。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I want them to say that "there was somebody who lay bare, not just argument vision, The joy that he finds in being human, the joy he finds in sharing, the joy he finds in interacting, the common response, which is descent from black culture.

我想要听他们说：,“他是个揭露自己灵魂的人，而不是大谈道理“,作为人所得到的快乐，在分享和互动中所得到的快乐，从黑人文化中所衍生出来的“共鸣感”

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选