Susan Beth Pfeffer Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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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“I never really thought about how when I look at the moon it;s the same moon as Shakespeare and Marie Antoinette and George Washington and Cleopatra looked at.”
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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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“What about desserts?" I asked. "If the world comes to an end, I'm going to want cookies.”
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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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“I wonder if I cry whether my tears would be gray.”
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“The electricity came on for the second time today wile we were eating. This may be a fool's paradise, but it's a paradise nonetheless.”
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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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“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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“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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“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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“I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.”
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“The last living boy in America drops into my bedroom only he wants to be a monk. I think that pretty much sums up my life.”
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“Sometimes the rules don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.”
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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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“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're all alive. We're all healthy. These are the good times.”
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“Nothing good happened to Romeo or Juliet.”
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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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“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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“But it's our curse and our blessing to remember the past and to know there's a future. —Charlie”
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“Trust in tomorrow...Every day of your life, there's been a tomorrow. I promise you, there'll be a tomorrow. —Alex Morales to Miranda Evans”
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“Carlos was probably somewhere warm, eating three meals a day, and sleeping in a real bed. That was the life”
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“I wonder if I'll ever have to decide which is worse, life as we're living or no life at all.”
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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.”
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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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“Mom, is the world coming to an end?" Jonny asked, picking up the plate of cookies and ramming one into his mouth. "No, it isn'T," Mom said, folding her lawn chair and carrying it to the front of the house. "And yes, you do have to go to school tomorrow.”
-- Susan Beth Pfeffer
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