Every breath, every heartbeat, was one less until maybe things stopped hurting this much. — Jenny Downham Heartbeat Copy Share Image
That slow smile again. I love that smile! DId I think he was ugly just now? No, his face is transformed. — Jenny Downham Before i die 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
“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
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
“Like a stone falling in a pond, circles and circles of love ripple through me.” — 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
I like you," he said. He made it sound as if she was bound to disagree with him. She nodded. His face… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
Sometimes if you want something badly enough, you can make it happen. If you miss someone so desperately that it wrecks your… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
When my second child was born, I gave up acting - two young children out on the road was too difficult to… — Jenny Downham Acting Copy Share Image
“If I could buck, I would. If I could howl at the moon, then I would. To feel this, when I’d thought… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
I love you. I love you. I send this message through my fingers and into his, up his arm and into his… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish he lived in the wardrobe on a coat hanger. Whenever I wanted, I could… — Jenny Downham Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Sklupčam se u podnožju stubišta. To je mjesto gdje mačka sjedi kad hoće da se ljudi spotaknu preko nje. Uvijek sam htjela… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
It's all right, Tessa, you can go. We love you. You can go now.' 'Why are you saying that?' 'She might need… — Jenny Downham Before i die 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
Dad, you played rounders with me, even though you hated it and wished I'd take up cricket. You learned how to keep… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
Help me, Mikey, she wanted to say. I’m afraid. More afraid than you’d ever believe.’ And he’d take her hand and they’d… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
Her face crashes. She hasn't dealt with a single transfusion or lumbar puncture. She wasn't allowed near me for the bone-marrow transplant,… — Jenny Downham 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
“Alchemy, Dex called it, which was something to do with magic if you were French.” — Jenny Downham Alchemy 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
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
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
“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
We make patterns, we share moments. Sometimes, I think I'm the only one to see it. — Jenny Downham Moments 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
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
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
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
But all that is warm will go cold. My ears will fall off and my eyes will melt. My mouth will be… — Jenny Downham Cold Copy Share Image
