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  • 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

    Promise   Alex   Tomorrow  
  • I feel myself shriveling along with my world, getting smaller and harder. I'm turning into a rock, and in some ways that's good, because rocks last forever. But if this is how I'm going to last forever, then I don't want to.

    Rocks   Forever   World  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.197, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • I wonder if I cry whether my tears would be gray.

    Tears   Would Be   Wonder  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.183, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • One of the more gratifying things about guilt is that it makes us feel important.

    Guilt   Important   Feels  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (1982). “About David”, Laurel Leaf
  • I wonder if I'll ever have to decide which is worse, life as we're living or no life at all.

    Wonder   Ifs  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.119, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • 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 a test, he looked us up, but none of our names were on any of the lists. And that's how we know we're alive this Memorial Day.

    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.59, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • 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 the world comes to an end," Mrs. Nesbitt agreed. "And chips and pretzels. If the world is coming to an end, why should I care about my blood pressure?" "Okay, we'll die fat," Mom said.

    Mom   Blood   Cookies  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.34, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • 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.

    Today   Remember   Feds  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.278, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • We're all alive. We're all healthy. These are the good times.

    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.226, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • 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.

    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.238, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • 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.

    Paradise   May   Today  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.335, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • 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.

    Mom   Trying   News  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.20, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • So what if I don't learn algebra?' 'Someday schools will be open again,' Mom said. 'Things will be normal. You need to do your work now for when that happens.' 'That's never going to happen,' Jon said. 'And even if schools do open up somewhere, they're not going to open up here. There aren't enough people left.' 'We don't know how many people are like us, holed up, making do until times get better.' 'I bet whoever they are, they aren't studying algebra,' Jon said.

    Mom   School   People  
  • 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.

    Office   Style   Alex  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.386, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Lisa's baby was due about now. I've decided she had it and it was a girl. I've named her Rachel.

    Girl   Baby   Dues  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.229, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Just in case the world ends tomorrow," she said. "We might as well enjoy today.

    World   Might   Today  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.41, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • They say asteroids hit the moon pretty often, which is how the moon gets its crater, but this one is going to be the biggest asteroid ever to hit it and on a clear night you should be able to see the impact when it happens, maybe even with the naked eye but certainly with binoculars. They made it sound pretty dramatic, but I still don't think it's worth three homework assignments.

    Eye   Moon   Night  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.17, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Because if I let myself feel the pain and the anger, I think it might kill me. Or I might kill someone else. I know it's wrong to feel that way about God and I know its's wrong to not feel anything. I hate it. I don't hate God. I hate not loving Him.

    Pain   Hate   Thinking  
  • woman must not depend on the protection of man, but must learn to protect herself

  • I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.

    Privacy   Feels  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.250, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • I thought about the earth then, really thought about it, the tsunami's and earthquakes and volcanoes, all the horrors I haven't witnessed but have changed my life, the lives of everyone I know, all the people I'll never know. I thought about life without the sun, the moon, stars, without flowers and warm days in May. I thought about a year ago and all the good things I'd taken for granted and all the unbearable things that had replaced those simple blessings. And even though I hated the thought of crying in from of Syl, tears streamed down my face.

    Stars   Flower   Taken  
  • 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.

    Hate   Moon   Volcanoes  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.132, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • About 10 minutes ago, we all woke up because of this strange roaring sound. We all raced toward the sound, which turned out to be the washing machine going back on. Who knew the rinse cycle could be so scary?

    Scary   Sound   Roaring  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.53, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • I'm the one not caring. I'm the one pretending the Earth isn't shattering all around me because I don't want it to be. I don't want to know there was an earthquake in Missouri. I don't want to know the Midwest can die, also, that what's going on isn't just tides and tsunamis. I don't want to have any more to be afraid of. I didn't start this diary for it to be a record of death.

    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.71, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Great, the worlds coming to an end and we're fixing it with Band-Aids

    Band   World   Fixing  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.34, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • 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.

    Moon   Looks   Marie  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.11, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • 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.

    Boys   Thinking   America  
  • I thought about how unlikely it was I would ever meet any guy,fall in love, get married, have babies. Especially since I was going to spend the rest of my life in the cellar, where, in the not too distant future, I'd turn into a toadstool. I hoped I'd be the poisonous variety.

    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.563, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • 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 unimaginable happens. 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.

    Thinking   Doe   Tomorrow  
  • 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.

    Want   Rise Above   Said  
    Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.136, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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