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He walked out of the office to find Kevin Daley standing there. 'I like your style,' Kevin said. Thank you,' Alex said. 'I like it, too.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
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Susan Beth Pfeffer
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 17
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Life's sloppy...You think you know how tomorrow's going to be, you've made your plans, everything is set in place, and then the unimaginable happens. Life catches you by surprise. It always does. But there's good mixed in with the bad. It's there. You just have to recognize it.
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He taught me to trust in tomorrow.
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Librarians! Librarians always know how to find out things. That was their job even before the Internet.
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But it's our curse and our blessing to remember the past and to know there's a future. —Charlie
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Back in the time when life was easy, the Internet would have told me what I needed to know. The great thing about the Internet was it didn't care why you were asking.
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Great, the worlds coming to an end and we're fixing it with Band-Aids
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Nothing good happened to Romeo or Juliet.
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If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence.
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I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.
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When I'm in the water I feel as though nothing bad has happened. I think about the fish, how they don't know what's going on. Their world is unchanged. Actually it's probably better now to be a tuna or a sardine or a salmon. Less chance of ending up as somebody's lunch.
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But I don't want to have to stop feeling. I really think I'd rather die than stop feeling.
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One of the more gratifying things about guilt is that it makes us feel important.
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Here's the funny thing about the world coming to an end. Once it gets going, it doesn't seem to stop.
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This morning the electricity came on for a few minutes, and when it did, Jonny said, Hey, it's a black-on. This is what passes for humor around here.
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Even the rats are drowning,' Alex said. Nah,' Kevin said. 'They've been taking swimming lessons at the Y.
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About 10 minutes ago, we all woke up because of this strange roaring sound. We all raced toward the sound, which turned out to be the washing machine going back on. Who knew the rinse cycle could be so scary?
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What about desserts? I asked. If the world comes to an end, I'm going to want cookies. We're all going to want cookies if the world comes to an end, Mrs. Nesbitt agreed. And chips and pretzels. If the world is coming to an end, why should I care about my blood pressure? Okay, we'll die fat, Mom said.
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Sometimes the rules don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.
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We may not have a future, but you can't deny we have a past.
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