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Sometimes the rules don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.

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Susan Beth Pfeffer
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 17
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New York City
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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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Don't stop believing in miracles.
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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 I don't want to have to stop feeling. I really think I'd rather die than stop feeling.
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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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I'm 16 years old. Let me get my learner's permit first. then I'll worry about lifetime commitments
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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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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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If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence.
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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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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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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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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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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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He taught me to trust in tomorrow.
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We may not have a future, but you can't deny we have a past.
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Great, the worlds coming to an end and we're fixing it with Band-Aids
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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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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.
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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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