I want to die in my own way. It's my illness, my death, my choice. This is what saying yes means.

Don't think you have to be good because you're the only one left. Be as bad as you like.

Are you afraid, Tessa?

We make patterns, we share moments. Sometimes, I think I'm the only one to see it.

Death straps me to the hospital bed, claws its way onto my chest and sits there.I didn't know it would hurt this much. I didn't know that everything good that's ever happened in my life would be emptied out by it.

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?

I can see inside planes!' he yells. 'Come and look!' It's difficult climbing in a mini dress...I haul myself up even though my arms ache. I want to see inside planes too. I want to watch the wind and catch birds in my fist.