Jenny Downham Quotes
She'd never in her whole life bunked school, smoked dope, or kissed a boy whose name she didn't know, and yet in the last few days, she'd done all these things.
It's a shame i can't be there myself - i like parties. Text me if you think of any good hymns!
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 you on the horticultural course as well?
I want the people I love to get up and speak about me, and even if you cry it'll be OK. I want you to say honest things.
Should we say something?’ Cal asks. ‘Goodbye, bird?’ I suggest. He nods. ‘Goodbye, bird. Thank you for coming. And good luck.
Statement: A girl and a boy jump into a river. The boy swims over to the girl and says, "God, it's cold." Question: What's the probability they will kiss?
The last few weeks, it was as if someone had taken his life to pieces and let him see the way it worked.
I don't want to go into a fridge at an undertaker's. I want you to keep me at home until the funeral. Please can someone sit with me in case I get lonely? I promise not to scare you.
Maybe you should say goodbye, Cal.' 'No.' 'It might be important.' 'It might make her die.
Was this love? Because it hurt. It was like a bit of glass stuck somewhere important--his heart or his head, and it was throbbing.
That slow smile again. I love that smile! DId I think he was ugly just now? No, his face is transformed.
You want some sweet and lovely things, Tessa, but be careful. Other people can't always give you what you want.
What happens if anger takes you over, Tessa? Who will you be then? What will be left of you?
It was only one man who had gone, but it felt like forever, something so permanent and unstoppable that it blasted her. If she were a tree, she would drop all her leaves.
Parents don't know their children at all.No one knows anyone, in fact.
Maybe you should say goodbye, Cal.''No.''It might be important.''It might make her die.
It's all right, Tessa, you can go. We love you. You can go now.''Why are you saying that?''She might need permission to die, Cal.''I don't want her to. She doesn't have my permission.
