Susan Beth Pfeffer
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Susan Beth Pfefferis an American author best known for young adult science fiction, such as "About David". After writing for 35 years, she received wider notice for her series of post-apocalyptic novels often called "The Last Survivors" or "Moon Crash" series, some of which have appeared on the New York Times Bestselling List...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
thinking lunch water
When I'm in the water I feel as though nothing bad has happened. I think about the fish, how they don't know what's going on. Their world is unchanged. Actually it's probably better now to be a tuna or a sardine or a salmon. Less chance of ending up as somebody's lunch.
believe miracle dont-stop-believing
Don't stop believing in miracles.
thinking feelings want
But I don't want to have to stop feeling. I really think I'd rather die than stop feeling.
band world fixing
Great, the worlds coming to an end and we're fixing it with Band-Aids
guilt important feels
One of the more gratifying things about guilt is that it makes us feel important.
today remember feds
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.
doe surprise
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.
mom school people
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 dad crazy
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.
mom children men
...when I came back, I found Mom sobbing at the kitchen table...Then I asked her what had happened. 'Nothing,'she said. 'I was thinking about that man...I started thinking about...if he and his wife and their other child are okay, and I don't know. It just got to me.' 'I know,' I said, because I did know. Sometimes it's safer to cry about people you don't know than to think about people you really love.
want rise-above said
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.
new-year years appreciate
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.
thinking boys america
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.
privacy feels
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.