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.
Susan Beth PfefferThe 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.
Susan Beth PfefferI wonder if I'll ever have to decide which is worse, life as we're living or no life at all.
Susan Beth PfefferHere's the funny thing about the world coming to an end. Once it gets going, it doesn't seem to stop.
Susan Beth PfefferSo 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.
Susan Beth Pfeffer