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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.

Susan Beth Pfeffer

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Susan Beth Pfeffer
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 17
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
New York City
New York
Life
Catches
Mixed
Recognize
Surprise
Doe
Good
Always

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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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I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
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If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence.
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Lisa's baby was due about now. I've decided she had it and it was a girl. I've named her Rachel.
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One of the more gratifying things about guilt is that it makes us feel important.
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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.
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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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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.
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Don't stop believing in miracles.
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Great, the worlds coming to an end and we're fixing it with Band-Aids
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Sometimes the rules don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.
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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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Because if I let myself feel the pain and the anger, I think it might kill me. Or I might kill someone else. I know it's wrong to feel that way about God and I know its's wrong to not feel anything. I hate it. I don't hate God. I hate not loving Him.
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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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We may not have a future, but you can't deny we have a past.
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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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The only way you can be the best at something is to be the best you can be.
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