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Maybe I'm wrong, Mom said. Maybe the world really is coming to an end. Should I try Fox News? I asked. Mom shuddered. We're not that desperate, she said.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
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Susan Beth Pfeffer
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 17
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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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I thought about how unlikely it was I would ever meet any guy,fall in love, get married, have babies. Especially since I was going to spend the rest of my life in the cellar, where, in the not too distant future, I'd turn into a toadstool. I hoped I'd be the poisonous variety.
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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.
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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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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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I'm 16 years old. Let me get my learner's permit first. then I'll worry about lifetime commitments
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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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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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If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence.
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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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But it's our curse and our blessing to remember the past and to know there's a future. —Charlie
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Sometimes the rules don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.
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