Susan Beth Pfeffer

“I never really thought about how when I look at the moon it’s the same moon Shakespeare and Marie Antoinette and George…

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

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

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

Maybe I'm wrong," Mom said. "Maybe the world really is coming to an end." "Should I try Fox News?" I asked. Mom…

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

“This past year I grew up to know hunger, grief, darkness, fear. I began to understand how lonely you can feel even…

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

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

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

Nothing good happened to Romeo or Juliet.

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

Matt looked up kids from his high school class. Only three were listed as dead, but a bunch were listed as missing/presumed…

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

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

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

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

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

“It’s amazing. I never used to like red cabbage, but now when I get only a teaspoon of it, it’s all I…

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

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

“I wondered how many people had sung "By the dawn's early light' yesterday and were dead today.”

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

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

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

“Every day when I go to sleep I think what a jerk I was to have felt sorry for myself the day…

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

...when I came back, I found Mom sobbing at the kitchen table...Then I asked her what had happened. 'Nothing,'she said. 'I was…

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

I thought about how unlikely it was I would ever meet any guy,fall in love, get married, have babies. Especially since I…

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

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

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

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

They say asteroids hit the moon pretty often, which is how the moon gets its crater, but this one is going to…

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

About 10 minutes ago, we all woke up because of this strange roaring sound. We all raced toward the sound, which turned…

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

“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

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

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

“Megan's right about my being a sinner. But she's wrong about hell. You don't have to wait until you're dead to get…

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

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

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

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

— Susan Beth Pfeffer