Susan Beth Pfeffer Quotes

The only way you can be the best at something is to be the best you can be.

What about desserts?" I asked. "If the world comes to an end, I'm going to want cookies.

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.

If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence.

I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.

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.

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

I wonder if I'll ever have to decide which is worse, life as we're living or no life at all.

We may not have a future, but you can't deny we have a past.

What's the point of God making us human if He doesn't want us to act like we're human?' 'To see if we can rise above our natures,'Megan said.

Don't stop believing in miracles.

woman must not depend on the protection of man, but must learn to protect herself

He taught me to trust in tomorrow.

Librarians! Librarians always know how to find out things. That was their job even before the Internet.

But it's our curse and our blessing to remember the past and to know there's a future. —Charlie

I wonder if I cry whether my tears would be gray.

Great, the worlds coming to an end and we're fixing it with Band-Aids

Here's the funny thing about the world coming to an end. Once it gets going, it doesn't seem to stop.

Carlos was probably somewhere warm, eating three meals a day, and sleeping in a real bed. That was the life

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.

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.

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.

Just in case the world ends tomorrow," she said. "We might as well enjoy today.

We're all alive. We're all healthy. These are the good times.

One of the more gratifying things about guilt is that it makes us feel important.

Even the rats are drowning,' Alex said. Nah,' Kevin said. 'They've been taking swimming lessons at the Y.

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.

I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.

But today when I am 17 and warm and well fed, I'm keeping this journal for myself so I can always remember life as we knew it, life as we know it, for a time when I am no longer in the sunroom.

But I don't want to have to stop feeling. I really think I'd rather die than stop feeling.

todays the first anniversary of the asteroid hitting the moon. A year ago i was sixteen years old, a sophomore in high school.

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.

Nothing good happened to Romeo or Juliet.

Lisa's baby was due about now. I've decided she had it and it was a girl. I've named her Rachel.

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.

I'm 16 years old. Let me get my learner's permit first. then I'll worry about lifetime commitments

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.

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.

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

I have scars. No one alive today doesn't. But Alex's scars have to be much deeper than mine.

My existence is the only gift I have left to give, but it will have to do.

Every day we're one day closer to death. But there's no reason to rush into it.

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

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.

So we baked and sweated together. I like punching the dough. I told myself it was the moon and punched it senseless.

Which means every tomorrow is going to be worse than every today. Why feel sorry for myself today when tomorrow's bound to be worse?

But she's wrong about hell. You don't have to wait until you're dead to get there.

We're all alive. We're all health. These are the good times.

Just in case the world ends tomorrow, we might as well enjoy today.