I shrug him off. 'Can't you just go away?" There's a moment. It has a sound in it, as if something very… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
“She wishes she was old. She'd swap her life to be in a life that was nearly over, so long as she… — Jenny Downham Heart Copy Share Image
“Why do I feel like you're not on my side anymore? Please don't give up on me.” — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
“As Zoey turns to face me, I realize that life is made up of a series of moments, each one a journey… — Jenny Downham Journey Copy Share Image
“I used to believe that Dad could do anything, save me from anything. But he can’t, he’s just a man.” — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
“a glimpse of light reflected in his eyes. Stars shining there perhaps. Or the moon.” — Jenny Downham Astronomy Copy Share Image
All I know is that I have two choices – stay wrapped in blankets and get on with dying, or get the… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be a cat. Warm and domesticated when you want to be, wild when you don't. — Jenny Downham Cat Copy Share Image
Maybe I’ll come back as somebody else. I’ll be the wild-haired girl Adam meets in his first week at university. ‘Hi, are… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
She'd never in her whole life bunked school, smoked dope, or kissed a boy whose name she didn't know, and yet in… — Jenny Downham Boys Copy Share Image
Is this how it is for everyone?' she whispered. 'No.' 'How do you know?' 'I just do. I've never felt this with… — Jenny Downham Kiss Copy Share Image
“I'm going because my life was crap until I met you. I'm going because I don't want to be here when you're… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
Three points for the dead slowly prising open the lids of their coffins. They want to hunt the living. They can't stop.… — Jenny Downham Autumn Copy Share Image
“My thoughts are so clear that I wouldn't be surprised if he could see them blazing above my head like a neon… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
Perhaps I'm dead. Perhaps this is all it will be. The living will carry on in their world – touching, walking. And… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
I don't want to go into a fridge at an undertaker's. I want you to keep me at home until the funeral.… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
“I don't give a shit, Dad!" "Well I do! I absolutely give a shit! This will completely exhaust you." "It's my body.… — Jenny Downham Death and dying Copy Share Image
How late is it? How long have we been sitting here? I look at my watch – three thirty and the day… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
And in bed, deep inside the building, are all the headaches that won't go away. The failed kidneys, the rashes, the ragged-edged… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
I feel something very small growing inside me as I look at her, and I realize in one absolutely clear moment that… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
Should we say something?’ Cal asks. ‘Goodbye, bird?’ I suggest. He nods. ‘Goodbye, bird. Thank you for coming. And good luck. — Jenny Downham Bird Copy Share Image
Don't think you have to be good because you're the only one left. Be as bad as you like. — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
We make patterns, we share moments. Sometimes, I think I'm the only one to see it. — Jenny Downham Moments Copy Share Image
Every seven years our bodies change, every cell. Every seven years, we disappear. — Jenny Downham Before i die Copy Share Image
It's as if a child with a brush and too much enthusiasm has been set free with a tin of black paint… — Jenny Downham Artist Copy Share Image
She'll understand what I already know - that death surrounds us all. And it tastes like metal between your teeth. — Jenny Downham Death Copy Share Image
I'm me and you're you, and all of them out there are them. And we're all so different and equally unimportant. — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
I love you. It hurts more than anything ever has, but I do. So don't you dare tell me I don't. Don't… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
“Funny how when life was that simple, you never really realized how lucky you were.” — Jenny Downham Life Copy Share Image
Every few years we disappear, Zoey. All our cells are replaced by others. Not a single bit of me is the same… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
“Adam blows smoke at the town below. Says, ‘Anything could be happening down there, but up here you just wouldn’t know it.” — Jenny Downham Fire Copy Share Image
“humans are made from the nuclear ash of dead stars. He says that when I die, I’ll return to dust, glitter, rain.” — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
“If she planted a seed, she’d have to dig it back up and look at it every day to see if it… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
“Cal says, "Do you want to see my Megazord? You'll have to come to my room because it's defending a city and… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
“Like a stone falling in a pond, circles and circles of love ripple through me.” — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
I get a lot of letters, mostly from family members who have been affected by cancer rather than young people themselves. I… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
“Zatvaram oči i zamišljam da sam drvo okupano sunčevim svjetlom, da ne želim ništa osim kiše.” — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
“Alchemy, Dex called it, which was something to do with magic if you were French.” — Jenny Downham Alchemy Copy Share Image
And now he's down this for me. He's made me famous. He's put my name on the world. — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
I lean back on the pillows and look at the corners of the room. When I was a kid, I always wanted… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
