I was only myself, Sal Paradise, sad, strolling in this violet dark, this unbearably sweet night wishing I could exchange worlds with the happy, true-hearted, ecstatic Negroes of America.

引-我只是我，萨尔·佩拉提斯，无精打采地徘徊在这个，温柔的难以忍受的夜晚，多希望自己能够变成,一个快乐，真诚，热情奔放的美国黑人。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The difference between the extremely happy people and extremely unhappy people is not that one gets sad, of upset, or anxious, or depressed; and the other does not.

极其快乐的人和极其不快乐的人,区别不是在于一个会伤心，难过，焦虑或抑郁;,而另一个不会。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选