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.

Jenny Downham
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  1. I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish he lived in the wardrobe on a coat hanger. Whenever I wanted, I could get him out and he'd look at me the way boys do in films, as if I'm beautiful.

  2. I love you. I love you. I send this message through my fingers and into his, up his arm and into his heart. Hear me. I love you. And I'm sorry to leave you.

  3. I love you. It hurts more than anything ever has, but I do. So don't you dare tell me I don't. Don't you ever say it again!

  4. Do you want this to be a love story?

  5. I like you, " he said. He made it sound as if she was bound to disagree with him. She nodded. His face said he was telling her something very important. He said, "I mean it. Whatever happens, you have to believe that.

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