Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.

There are certain things in life that you never forget. Things that dig deep, things that nest in the hadal zone.

I looked at him and he looked at me. A moment. A choice. My choice. His choice.

I don't know. I just want you with me. I had never said those words aloud. Now that I could taste my freedom I wanted him to share it with me. But he couldn't change his life for me. And I couldn't sacrifice my life to be with him

I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.

I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkiens legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and cultures that Tolkien used to create his world. My favourite of his imaginary locations is Lothlorien.

I was born in 1991, and Harry Potter came out in 97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.