Life As We Knew It
A source page for quotes linked to Susan Beth Pfeffer.
“Every day we're one day closer to death. But there's no reason to rush into it.”
“My existence is the only gift I have left to give, but it will have to do.”
“But she's wrong about hell. You don't have to wait until you're dead to get there.”
“I wondered how many people had sung "By the dawn's early light' yesterday and were dead today.”
“Nothing good happened to Romeo or Juliet.”
“We're all alive. We're all healthy. These are the good times.”
“Don't stop believing in miracles.”
“But I don't want to have to stop feeling. I really think I'd rather die than stop feeling.”
“One of the more gratifying things about guilt is that it makes us feel important.”
“I'm 16 years old. Let me get my learner's permit first. then I'll worry about lifetime commitments”
“Sometimes the rules don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.”
“I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.”
“I wonder if I'll ever have to decide which is worse, life as we're living or no life at all.”
“If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence.”
“We may not have a future, but you can't deny we have a past.”
“What about desserts?" I asked. "If the world comes to an end, I'm going to want cookies.”
“woman must not depend on the protection of man, but must learn to protect herself”
“Just in case the world ends tomorrow," she said. "We might as well enjoy today.”
“Lisa's baby was due about now. I've decided she had it and it was a girl. I've named her Rachel.”
“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.”