Teenagers are the greatest readers in the world - honest, unsnobby and loyal

I wanted so badly for there to be more. I ached for there to be more than my crappy little life.' He shakes his head. 'And there was more. I just couldn't see it.

Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.

Because I'm not blind to how Harry works, you know," she said. "A bully with a charisma and top marks is still a bully." She sighed, annoyed. "He'll probably end up Prime Minister one day. God help us all.

How do you know yer alive if you don't hurt?

In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.

Everything that's happened has brought me here, to this place, with this knife in my hand, and something worth saving.