I wonder if I'll ever have to decide which is worse, life as we're living or no life at all. — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
But today when I am 17 and warm and well fed, I'm keeping this journal for myself so I can always remember… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
“Well, no one says you can be happy about everything," I said. "I know I should be glad for you, Megan, but… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
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… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
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… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
Carlos was probably somewhere warm, eating three meals a day, and sleeping in a real bed. That was the life — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
I hate the moon. I hate tides and earthquakes and volcanoes. I hate a world where things that have absolutely nothing to… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
Back in the time when life was easy, the Internet would have told me what I needed to know. The great thing… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
I thought about the earth then, really thought about it, the tsunami's and earthquakes and volcanoes, all the horrors I haven't witnessed… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
The last living boy in America drops into my bedroom only he wants to be a monk. I think that pretty much… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
“All my life I've been well behaved," she said. "It's about time I got to push people around and not apologize.” — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
Life catches you by surprise. It always does. But there's good mixed in with the bad. It's there. You just have to… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
“My existence is the only gift I have left to give, but it will have to do.” — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
“So we each had a piece of chocolate for dessert. I’d almost forgotten how much I love chocolate, how there’s something about… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
“I can't decide which is worse, no electricity or unreliable electricity. I wonder if I'll ever have to decide which is worse,… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
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… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
“I never really thought about how when I look at the moon it’s the same moon Shakespeare and Marie Antoinette and George Washington and… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
Great, the worlds coming to an end and we're fixing it with Band-Aids — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
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… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
“This past year I grew up to know hunger, grief, darkness, fear. I began to understand how lonely you can feel even when all… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
But it's our curse and our blessing to remember the past and to know there's a future. —Charlie — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
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… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
Even the rats are drowning,' Alex said. Nah,' Kevin said. 'They've been taking swimming lessons at the Y. — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
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… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
“It’s amazing. I never used to like red cabbage, but now when I get only a teaspoon of it, it’s all I can think… — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
I wonder if I'll ever have to decide which is worse, life as we're living or no life at all. — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
“I wondered how many people had sung "By the dawn's early light' yesterday and were dead today.” — Susan Beth Pfeffer Copy Share Image
