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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.Susan Beth Pfeffer
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But she's wrong about hell. You don't have to wait until you're dead to get there.Susan Beth Pfeffer
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The Christmas after Mom & Dad split up, they both went crazy buying us presents. Matt, Jonny, and I were showered with gifts at home and at Dads apartment. I thought that was great. I was all in favor of my love being paid for with presents. This year all I got was a diary and a secondhand watch. Okay, I know this is corny, but this really is what Christmas is all about.Susan Beth Pfeffer
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I wonder if I cry whether my tears would be gray.Susan Beth Pfeffer
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Well, no one says you can be happy about everything, " I said. "I know I should be glad for you, Megan, but frankly I think you're crazy. And if Reverend Marshall is making you this way, I think he's evil. This life, this everyday existence, is the one gift we're given. To throw it away, to want to be dead, to me that's the sin.Susan Beth Pfeffer
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I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.Susan Beth Pfeffer
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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?Susan Beth Pfeffer
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We're all alive. We're all healthy. These are the good times.Susan Beth Pfeffer
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My existence is the only gift I have left to give, but it will have to do.Susan Beth Pfeffer
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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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Every day we're one day closer to death. But there's no reason to rush into it.Susan Beth Pfeffer
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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.Susan Beth Pfeffer
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So we baked and sweated together. I like punching the dough. I told myself it was the moon and punched it senseless.Susan Beth Pfeffer
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We're all alive. We're all health. These are the good times.Susan Beth Pfeffer
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The only way you can be the best at something is to be the best you can be.Susan Beth Pfeffer
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Just in case the world ends tomorrow, we might as well enjoy today.Susan Beth Pfeffer