Humans are made from nuclear ash of dead stars

Maybe you should say goodbye, Cal.' 'No.' 'It might be important.' 'It might make her die.

And now he's down this for me. He's made me famous. He's put my name on the world.

I don't want to go into a fridge at an undertaker's. I want you to keep me at home until the funeral. Please can someone sit with me in case I get lonely? I promise not to scare you.

Don't pretend to care. I don't need you as an anesthetic.

I've always wanted to be a cat. Warm and domesticated when you want to be, wild when you don't.

She'll understand what I already know - that death surrounds us all. And it tastes like metal between your teeth.