【譯文】具體事務分散在地方，決策核心集中于中央。
Sometimes you may feel like you’re not good enough, but you have to remember that you are a child of God and that you are loved.
The world is a stage, and we are all playing our parts.
The closer you are to death, the more alive you feel. It's a wonderful way to live. It's the only way to live.
讓我最不爽的一件事：一天路過銀行時，看到一則廣告，力勸大家將自家房子作二次抵押，以此貸款去旅游。這幾近邪惡。
一個好故事就是一個好故事，無論它是如何被講述的。
好的結(jié)局是幸福的，壞的結(jié)局是不幸的。這就是小說的意義。