"I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open."
— Susan Beth Pfeffer (Life As We Knew It)

"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 (Life As We Knew It)

""If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence."
— Susan Beth Pfeffer (The Dead and the Gone)

"'Even the rats are drowning,' Alex said.
'Nah,' Kevin said. 'They've been taking swimming lessons at the Y.'"
— Susan Beth Pfeffer (The Dead and the Gone)

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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 (Life As We Knew It)

"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.'"
— Susan Beth Pfeffer (The Dead and the Gone)

"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."
— Susan Beth Pfeffer (Life As We Knew It)

"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."
— Susan Beth Pfeffer (Life As We Knew It)