Jenny Downham Quotes - Page 2

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• There's a gang of boys on bikes blocking the road ahead. They've got their hoods up, cigarettes shielded. The sky's a really strange colour and there's hardly anyone else about. I slow right down. "What shall I do?" "Reverse," Zoey says. "They're not going to move." I wind down the window. "Oi!" I yell "Move your arses!" They turn languid, shift lazily to the edge of the road and grin as I blow kisses at them. Zoey looks stunned, "What's got into you?" "Nothing- I just haven't learned reversing yet.

  Jenny Downham

  Block, Moving, Kissing

  Jenny Downham (2007). “Before I Die”, David Fickling Books

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• 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 fly across the rooftops and up into space and sit on some planet and watch a double sunrise or maybe a star being born or some other event that no human had ever seen, her head on his shoulder, his arm around her. And she’d tell him everything.

  Jenny Downham

  Stars, Believe, Hands

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• Don't pretend to care. I don't need you as an anesthetic.

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  I Don't Need You, Needs, Care

  Jenny Downham (2007). “Before I Die”, David Fickling Books

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• 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.

  Jenny Downham

  People, Want, Honest

  Jenny Downham (2007). “Before I Die”, David Fickling Books

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• 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 Cal. Mum's on her way, she'll be just a minute. We all love you, Tessa. We're all right here with you.

  Jenny Downham

  Love You, Hands, Bed

  Jenny Downham (2007). “Before I Die”, David Fickling Books

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• 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 you ever say it again!

  Jenny Downham

  Hurt, Love You, Dare

  Jenny Downham (2012). “Now is Good (Also published as Before I Die)”, p.261, Random House

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• a little bird moves a mountain of sand one grain at a time it picks up one grain every million years and when the mountain has been moved the bird puts it all back again and that's how long eternity is and that's a very long time to be dead

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  Moving, Years, Long

  Jenny Downham (2007). “Before I Die”, David Fickling Books

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• Bye, Tess. haunt me if you like. I don't mind.

  Jenny Downham

  Bye, Mind, Tess

  Jenny Downham (2007). “Before I Die”, David Fickling Books

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• I'm here. Soon I won't be. Zoey's baby is here. Its pulse tick-ticking. Soon it won't be. And when Zoey comes out of that room, having signed on the dotted line, she'll be different. She'll understand what I already know- that death surrounds us all. And it tastes like metal between you teeth.

  Jenny Downham

  Baby, Pulse, Teeth

  Jenny Downham (2012). “Now is Good (Also published as Before I Die)”, p.182, Random House

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• 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?

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  Girl, Math, Kissing

  Jenny Downham (2010). “You Against Me”, p.327, Random House

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• "I like you," he said. He made it sound as if she was bound to disagree with him. She nodded. His face said he was telling her something very important. He said, "I mean it. Whatever happens, you have to believe that."

  Jenny Downham

  I Like You, Believe, Mean

  "You Against Me". Book by Jenny Downham, 1998.

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• Do you want this to be a love story?

  Jenny Downham

  Stories, Want, Love Story

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• Should we say something?’ Cal asks. ‘Goodbye, bird?’ I suggest. He nods. ‘Goodbye, bird. Thank you for coming. And good luck.

  Jenny Downham

  Goodbye, Good Luck, Bird

  Jenny Downham (2007). “Before I Die”, David Fickling Books

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• The last few weeks, it was as if someone had taken his life to pieces and let him see the way it worked.

  Jenny Downham

  Taken, Pieces, Way

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• 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.

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  Lonely, Home, Funeral

  Jenny Downham (2007). “Before I Die”, David Fickling Books

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• When I first saw Ellie, I knew it was her-- she was my fantasy. I didn't want it to be true, but every time I met her it was obvious, and the funny thing was that she was better than the fantasy, like I got more stuff than I'd imagined.

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  Funny Things, Want, Stuff

  Jenny Downham (2010). “You Against Me”, p.337, Random House

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• Is this how it is for everyone?' she whispered. 'No.' 'How do you know?' 'I just do. I've never felt this with anyone before.' 'Serious?' 'Serious. That isn't a line.' 'Kiss me,' she said. He did. Everywhere.

  Jenny Downham

  Kissing, Lines, Kiss Me

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• Her skin tasted expensive.

  Jenny Downham

  Skins, Expensive

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• Sometimes if you want something badly enough, you can make it happen. If you miss someone so desperately that it wrecks your insides, you say their name over and over until you conjure then. It's called sympathetic magic and you just have to believe in it to make it work.

  Jenny Downham

  Life, Missing Someone, Believe

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• 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.

  Jenny Downham

  Hurt, Heart, Glasses

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• That slow smile again. I love that smile! DId I think he was ugly just now? No, his face is transformed.

  Jenny Downham

  Thinking, Ugly, Faces

  Jenny Downham (2007). “Before I Die”, David Fickling Books

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• I lean back on the pillows and look at the corners of the room. When I was a kid, I always wanted to live on the ceiling - it looked so clean and uncluttered, like the top of a cake.

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  Kids, Cake, Ceilings

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• I shrug him off. 'Can't you just go away?" There's a moment. It has a sound in it, as if something very small got broken.

  Jenny Downham

  Broken, Going Away, Sound

  Jenny Downham (2007). “Before I Die”, David Fickling Books

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• Hold my hand. Don't let go.

  Jenny Downham

  Letting Go, Hands, Don't Let Go

  Jenny Downham (2007). “Before I Die”, David Fickling Books

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• Keep breathing. Just keep doing it. It's easy. In and out.

  Jenny Downham

  Breathing, Breathe, Easy

  Jenny Downham (2007). “Before I Die”, David Fickling Books

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