Sylvia

“Maybe you should say goodbye, Cal.'
'No.'
'It might be important.'
'It might make her die.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I 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.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“Then she says, ‘I love you.’ Like three drops of blood falling onto snow.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“No, really. I free you.'
I don't want to be free.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die