Freestyle

“You should never close the door on a gift just because you don't think you fit the mould. Don't ever define yourself by what you believe people see. Open yourself up to possibilities because you are talented enough to do anything.”

“Hate is often at its most powerful when it's formed on the back of love.”

“Hate is often at its most powerful when it’s formed on the back of love.”

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

“It isn’t until much later, as the rising sun filters through the cracks in the curtains, that I realise the significance of his tattoo. It looks exactly like the tree I stood beneath that night we first met.”

“My point is, that you should never close the door on a gift just because you don’t think you fit the mould. Don’t ever define yourself by what you believe people see. Open yourself up to possibilities because you’re talented enough to do anything.”

“I’m gay, mixed race, and grew up in a poor working-class family in the Midlands. My dad was a Jamaican immigrant, my mother a hardworking cleaner. We had nothing when I grew up and believe me, I was called all the names under the sun. I didn’t fit in with any group, until I found dance. Ballet, specifically. I won a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School in Richmond Park when I was thirteen.”

“I should’ve aborted you when I had the chance.”