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No, really. I free you.' I don't want to be free.

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Jenny Downham
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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Film Actor
Novelist
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Inner and Outer London
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If I learnt anything at all about terminal illness in my research, it's that the experience is different for everyone. I do believe that life becomes concentrated when it's boundaried and that death is the biggest boundary of all.
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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.
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And now he's down this for me. He's made me famous. He's put my name on the world.
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Every seven years our bodies change, every cell. Every seven years, we disappear.
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We make patterns, we share moments.
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It's a shame i can't be there myself - i like parties. Text me if you think of any good hymns!
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You changed the rules of the universe when you fell in love with the enemy.
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Hold my hand. Don't let go.
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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.
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I've always wanted to be a cat. Warm and domesticated when you want to be, wild when you don't.
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She'd never in her whole life bunked school, smoked dope, or kissed a boy whose name she didn't know, and yet in the last few days, she'd done all these things.
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I miss him as soon as he goes. When he isn't with me, I think I made him up.
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I made a fatal error thinking he could save me.
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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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Keep breathing. Just keep doing it. It's easy. In and out.
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The inside of the door is glossy white. A total re-paint. I touch it with my fingers, but it stays the same. It's so bright it makes the room waver at the edges. Every few years we disappear.
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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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She needed food. Diets didn't count in a crisis.
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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.
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Are you afraid, Tessa?
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