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

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

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

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

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.