And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not supposed to be.

Sooner or later, even the sharpest pain became flattened.

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.

I'm beginning to think that maybe it's not just how much you love someone. Maybe what matters is who you are when you're with them.

Something was wrong with a world where people came and went so easily.

One sad thing about this world is that the acts that take the most out of you are usually the ones that people will never know about. (from 'Celestial Navigation')

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.