Elizabeth > Elizabeth's Quotes

“I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish he lived in the wardrobe on a coat hanger. Whenever I wanted, I could get him out and he'd look at me the way boys do in films, as if I'm beautiful.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“Dust Glitter Rain”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“Adam strokes my head, my face, he kisses my tears.

We are blessed.


Let them all go.


The sound of a bird flying low across the garden. Then nothing. Nothing. A cloud passes. Nothing again. Light falls through the window, falls onto me, into me.

Moments.

All gathering towards this one.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“Every few years we disappear, Zoey. All our cells are replaced by others. Not a single bit of me is the same as when I was last in this room.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“Hold my hand. Don't let go.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“We make patterns, we share moments. Sometimes, I think I'm the only one to see it.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“I want to die in my own way. It's my illness, my death, my choice. This is what saying yes means.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“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, Before I Die

“We make patterns, we share moments.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die