Jenny Downham Quotes

“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

“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, You Against Me

“Je veux vivre avant de mourir.”
― Jenny Downham

“- ¡No puedo hacerlo!
- ¡Sí puedes! ¡Vive de prisa, muere joven y deja un bonito cadáver!”
― Jenny Downham

“Huelo diferente ahora que estoy prácticamente desnuda, a cálido almizcle. Él sabe diferente, a humo y algo dulce. A vida quizá.”
― Jenny Downham