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Was this love? Because it hurt. It was like a bit of glass stuck somewhere important--his heart or his head, and it was throbbing.
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Jenny Downham
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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Inner and Outer London
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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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It's as if a child with a brush and too much enthusiasm has been set free with a tin of black paint inside me.
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She'll understand what I already know - that death surrounds us all. And it tastes like metal between your teeth.
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I want to die in my own way. It's my illness, my death, my choice. This is what saying yes means.
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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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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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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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Moments. All gathering towards this one.
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Parents don't know their children at all. No one knows anyone, in fact.
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I said I wouldn't leave her.
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No, really. I free you.' I don't want to be free.
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