“If I'm going to die, I want to still be me”
“I just don't want them to change me, if I'm going to die I still want to be me.”
“I wish I could think of a way to show them that they don't own me. If I'm going to die, I still want to be me.”
“Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about.”
“No! If you die, I die! You asked me to spend forever with you, and I'm going to!”
“When I'm ninety, I want you to tell me that it's my turn to ask you a question, and if that miracle happens, then my question is going to be, 'Do you still love me?' and I hope that answer will still be yes.”