There's surprisingly little difference between writing from a male angle and from a female angle, but I feel more restricted in my language when I'm writing as a male character because males tend to sound less emotionally expressive than females.

Smells could bring a person back clearer than pictures even could.

Some people are aware of everything that is going on everywhere at every moment in their lives.

And she thought what a clean, simple life she would have led if it weren't for love.

How plotless real life was!

I'm falling into disrepair

People imagine that missing a loved one works kind of like missing cigarettes,' he said. 'The first day is really hard but the next day is less hard and so forth, easier and easier the longer you go on. But instead it's like missing water. Every day, you notice the person's absence more.