The Dead And The Gone Susan Beth Pfeffer Quotes & Sayings

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

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

I wondered how many people had sung By the dawn's early light' yesterday and were dead today. — Susan Beth Pfeffer

But she's wrong about hell. You don't have to wait until you're dead to get there. — Susan Beth Pfeffer