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title: "5 Adam Quotes By Jenny Downham"
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> [Instructions for Adam Look after no one except yourself. Go to university and make lots of friends and get drunk. Forget your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/instructions-for-adam-look-after-no-one-except-yourself-go-to/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/jenny-downham-3127_adam_instructions-for-adam-look-after-no-one_746118.png)

> [Dad, you played rounders with me, even though you hated it and wished I'd take up cricket. You learned how to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/dad-you-played-rounders-with-me-even-though-you-hated-it-and-wished-i/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/jenny-downham-3127_adam_dad-you-played-rounders-with-me-even-tho_1074361.png)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/maybe-i-ll-come-back-as-somebody-else-i-ll-be-the-wild-haired-girl/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/jenny-downham-3127_adam_maybe-i-ll-come-back-as-somebody-else-i_1107655.jpg)

> [Adam strokes my head, my face, he kisses my tears. We are blessed. Let them all go. The sound of a bird…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/adam-strokes-my-head-my-face-he-kisses-my-tears-we-are-blessed-let/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/jenny-downham-3127_adam_adam-strokes-my-head-my-face-he-kisses-m_1395986.jpg)

> [I'm here, Tess. I'm right here, holding your hand. Adam's here, too, he's sitting on the other side of the bed. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/i-m-here-tess-i-m-right-here-holding-your-hand-adam-s-here-too-he-s/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/jenny-downham-3127_adam_i-m-here-tess-i-m-right-here-holding-you_2338608.png)

## Other authors on Adam

## More by Jenny Downham

> [“We'll kill him on the green with a five iron.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/we-ll-kill-him-on-the-green-with-a-five-iron/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

> [“Sklupčam se u podnožju stubišta. To je mjesto gdje mačka sjedi kad hoće da se ljudi spotaknu preko nje. Uvijek sam htjela biti mačka.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/sklup-am-se-u-podno-ju-stubi-ta-to-je-mjesto-gdje-ma-ka-sjedi-kad-ho/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

> [It's as if a child with a brush and too much enthusiasm has been set free with a tin of black paint inside me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/it-s-as-if-a-child-with-a-brush-and-too-much-enthusiasm-has-been-set/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

> [It was strange how words meant something when they came out of your mouth. Inside your head they were safe and silent, but once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/it-was-strange-how-words-meant-something-when-they-came-out-of-your/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

> [“I sit up in bed and watch her fiddle about in the back of my wardrobe. I think she's got a plan. That's what's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/i-sit-up-in-bed-and-watch-her-fiddle-about-in-the-back-of-my-wardrobe/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

> [“I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish he lived in the wardrobe on a coat hanger. Whenever I wanted, I could get him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/i-wish-i-had-a-boyfriend-i-wish-he-lived-in-the-wardrobe-on-a-coat/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

> [Life is made up of a series of moments, each one a journey to the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/life-is-made-up-of-a-series-of-moments-each-one-a-journey-to-the-end/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

> [All I know is that I have two choices – stay wrapped in blankets and get on with dying, or get the list back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/all-i-know-is-that-i-have-two-choices-stay-wrapped-in-blankets-and/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

> [We make patterns, we share moments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/we-make-patterns-we-share-moments/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

> [Are you afraid, Tessa?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/are-you-afraid-tessa/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

> [“Hey, listen,' I say. " Fascinating as this is, we've got to go now. I have to collect the invites for my funeral." That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/hey-listen-i-say-fascinating-as-this-is-we-ve-got-to-go-now-i-have-to/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

> [“Zatvaram oči i zamišljam da sam drvo okupano sunčevim svjetlom, da ne želim ništa osim kiše.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/zatvaram-o-i-i-zami-ljam-da-sam-drvo-okupano-sun-evim-svjetlom-da-ne/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

> [It hurts and hurts to have him this close. I feel sick with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/it-hurts-and-hurts-to-have-him-this-close-i-feel-sick-with-it/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

> [Every breath, every heartbeat, was one less until maybe things stopped hurting this much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/every-breath-every-heartbeat-was-one-less-until-maybe-things-stopped/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

> [Keep breathing. Just keep doing it. It's easy. In and out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/keep-breathing-just-keep-doing-it-it-s-easy-in-and-out/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

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