晚年，他曾心生悔意地告诫学生：“如果你们打定主意要让父母失望，不必为成为同性恋而鼓足勇气，去从事艺术好了。”

In later years he ruefully advised his students: "If you really want to disappoint your parents, and don't have the nerve to be gay, go into the arts."

youdao

难道她儿子就甘心屈服，打定主意拖累着你，这么长年悬吊着，索然无味地生活下去，而不肯冒着惹她一时不快的风险，干脆向她说明事实真相？

Is her son determined to submit tothis, and to all the tediousness of the many years of suspense in whichit may involve you, rather than run the risk of her displeasure for awhile by owning the truth?

youdao