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He taught me to trust in tomorrow.
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.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
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.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
The only way you can be the best at something is to be the best you can be.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Sometimes the rules don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Matt looked up kids from his high school class. Only three were listed as dead, but a bunch were listed as missing/presumed dead. As a test, he looked us up, but none of our names were on any of the lists. And that's how we know we're alive this Memorial Day.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
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.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
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.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
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.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Don't stop believing in miracles.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
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
We may not have a future, but you can't deny we have a past.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Here's the funny thing about the world coming to an end. Once it gets going, it doesn't seem to stop.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
One of the more gratifying things about guilt is that it makes us feel important.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
It wouldn't be New Year's without a resolution. I've resolved to take a moment every day for the rest of my life to appreciate what I have.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
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
I'm 16 years old. Let me get my learner's permit first. then I'll worry about lifetime commitments
Susan Beth Pfeffer
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.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence.
Susan Beth Pfeffer
I hate the moon. I hate tides and earthquakes and volcanoes. I hate a world where things that have absolutely nothing to do with me can destroy my life and the lives of people I love.
Susan Beth Pfeffer