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

Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.

There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created.

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.

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 like to imagine there were more of us in the beginning. Not many, I suppose. But more than there are now.

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.