I walked home, seeing all my doubt from the other side. Have you ever seen that? Like when you go on holiday. On the way back, everything is the same but it looks a little different than it did on the way. It's because you're seeing it backwards.

Even enemies were an inch away from friendship.

Have you ever noticed that idiots have a lot of friends? It's just an observation.

I think to be writer you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always drawn to characters in books and films who were at the fringes.

You're far from this. This story is just another few hundred pages of your mind.

I'm sorry. I shouldn't be asking such things...' She let the sentence die its own death

It was a style not of perfection, but warmth. Even mistakes had a good feeling about them