I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned, except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't have a bad moment about it. It sort of reinvigorated my interest in a lot of things.
That was madness. You're never going to bring one of those down with a handgun.
So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in.
There is no shame in my saying that we all want to be loved by someone. As I look back over my life in romance, I don't feel I've ever had that.