his thumbs ran over my cheeks. Our foreheads touched. My dreamscape scorched. He set fire to the poppies

They'd branded me like some kind of animal. Lower than an animal. A number.

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

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

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.

Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.

I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, Im afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me more freedom. It just seemed like I belonged there.