Wall Street has too much wealth and political power.

最终，我们记住的不是敌人的话语，而是朋友的沉默。

纵然伤心，也不要愁眉不展，因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。

The only obsession everyone wants: ‘love.’ People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you’re whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You’re whole, and then you’re cracked open.

小说就像炸弹一样，可以在读者的意识中爆炸。