It's utterly beautiful not to know my own edges. Jenny Downham More Quotes by Jenny Downham More Quotes From Jenny Downham 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 teethpulsebaby 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. Jenny Downham funerallonelyhome Maybe you should say goodbye, Cal.' 'No.' 'It might be important.' 'It might make her die. Jenny Downham importantmightgoodbye Her skin tasted expensive. Jenny Downham skinsexpensive 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 missing-someonelifebelieve How late is it? How long have we been sitting here? I look at my watch – three thirty and the day is almost ending. It’s October. All those kids recently returned to classrooms with new bags and pencil cases will be looking forward to half term already. How quickly it goes. Halloween soon, then firework night. Christmas. Spring. Easter. Then there’s my birthday in May. I’ll be seventeen. How long can I stave it off? I don’t know. All I know is that I have two choices – stay wrapped in blankets and get on with dying, or get the list back together and get on with living. Jenny Downham halloweeneasterspring Don't think you have to be good because you're the only one left. Be as bad as you like. Jenny Downham leftbe-goodthinking 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 blockkissingmoving If you want a girl to like you, you have to listen like a woman and love like a man. Jenny Downham and-lovegirlmen When my second child was born, I gave up acting - two young children out on the road was too difficult to manage. I'd always written, but began to do so with real commitment now that it was my only creative outlet. I used all my acting techniques to do it. I still do. Jenny Downham roadchildbornchildren I never plan a structure. I like surprises. I'm quite disciplined and sit at my desk every day and just write. Jenny Downham planevery-dayneverday I get a lot of letters, mostly from family members who have been affected by cancer rather than young people themselves. I reply to them all. Jenny Downham replyfamilyyoungpeople
