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Susane Colasanti, born on May 1, 1973, is an American author known for her works that focus on the lives of teenagers. Her writing, characterized by its authenticity and close-to-life touch, has earned her widespread acclaim.

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Famous Susane Colasanti Quotes

“Too bad Einstein’s dead. I’m sure he would have appreciated my latest discovery within the space-time continuum.The closer you are to experiencing a monumental event, the longer time stretches out. It makes you feel alone”

Feels Space Events Discovery Appreciated Continuum Space Time Space Time Continuum

Book:When It Happens

Source: When It Happens

“A geek is like a dork. Someone who’s on the fringe, who you wouldn’t want to hang out with. A nerd is someone too weird and smart to fit in with the masses. Like me.” “You’re not a nerd!” “It’s okay. I know who I am. I consider it a compliment. I like when people tell me I’m weird.” I cram four Cheez Doodles into my mouth. “I mean, why be normal?”

People Knows Want Mean Four Fit Normal Mass Smart Mouths Okay Who I Am Like Me Hanging Out Compliment Nerd Geek Fringe Dork

Author:Susane Colasanti

“Standing in the line at the food court, I try to be myself. But I forget how I usually stand when I'm myself.”

Trying Lines Forget Standing Court Adolescence

Book:When It Happens

Source: When It Happens

“The rain fluctuates between drizzle and torrential. It messes with your mind. It makes you think things will always be like this, never getting better, always letting you down right when you though the worst was over.”

Thinking Mind Worst Rain Mess Get Better Make You Think Drizzle

Book:Waiting For You

Source: Waiting For You

“Maybe there is no one perfect person and anyone you end up with will eventually make you think there’s someone better out there.”

Thinking Persons Ends Perfect Make You Think Perfect Person

Book:Waiting For You

Source: Waiting For You

“Last words of wisdom.If your parents are screewed up, don't turn into them. Use them as an example of what not to be- be yourself instead. you can overcome your fears, you can change, you can make your life into what you've always wanted it to be. Maybr not tomorrow but soon. So hang in.”

Ifs Use Wanted Lasts Turns Parent Example Tomorrow Words Of Wisdom Overcoming Being Yourself Last Words

Author:Susane Colasanti

“I can’t tell how much of our connection is because of the things we still have in common or the one thing that bonds us for life. But no matter what happens, I know I can totally count on Erin for anything. And she knows I’d do anything for her.”

Knows Stills I Can Matter Happens Common One Thing Connections No Matter What Erin

Book:Something Like Fate

Source: Something Like Fate

“You can’t ever know the real anybody unless you’re friends with them. And sometimes not even then.”

Knows Real Sometimes

Book:Something Like Fate

Source: Something Like Fate

“We can’t help who we love. Love isn’t logical, or even our choice. Love chooses us.”

Love Helping Choices Logical Our Choices

Book:Something Like Fate

Source: Something Like Fate

“I'm not sure if our friendship is strong enough to survive into next year when we’re away at college. But. We know each other in a way that no one else can. We share a history that makes us permanently connected. So I have to hope for us. All I can do is hope.”

Ifs Knows Way Years I Can Enough Next Strong Can Do Share College Connected Not Sure Strong Enough Next Year

Book:Something Like Fate

Source: Something Like Fate

“You can never completely know anyone, no matter how well you think you do. There will always be some truth about them you don’t ever get to know.”

Thinking Knows Wells Matter

Book:So Much Closer

Source: So Much Closer

“The stupid thing about anger is how people hurt you and then you let them keep hurting you by being angry about how they originally hurt you. It’s a vicious cycle.”

People Hurt Stupid Angry Cycles Vicious Stupid Things Vicious Cycles Hurting You

Author:Susane Colasanti

“Things don’t get better just because you want them to.”

Want Get Better

Book:So Much Closer

Source: So Much Closer

“Apparently, it used to be extremely common for families to have two parents. They stayed together because that’s what all the other parents did. Now there are so many options, so many different ways to be a family. So many ways to rip a family apart.”

Way Two Different Together Used Parent Common Used To Be Different Ways Rip Family Apart

Book:So Much Closer

Source: So Much Closer

“It’s interesting how something that comes so easily to one person can be so impossible for someone else.”

Persons Interesting Impossible

Book:So Much Closer

Source: So Much Closer

“But maybe those things are like background noise if you’re from here. Maybe you have to experience this as a whole new place to appreciate it like I do.”

Ifs Whole Appreciate Backgrounds Noise New Places Background Noise

Book:So Much Closer

Source: So Much Closer

“No one can be everything you want them to be.”

Book:Waiting For You

Source: Waiting For You

“It’s unbelievable how you can affect someone else so deeply and never know.”

Knows Unbelievable

Book:So Much Closer

Source: So Much Closer

“I want deeper connections with the people around me. I need to reach out more. Because not everyone leaves. Sometimes if you reach out, the person you’re trying to reach will be right there waiting.”

People Ifs Want Needs Trying Persons Sometimes Waiting Connections Deeper Reach Out

Book:So Much Closer

Source: So Much Closer

“Physical attraction that strong is addictive. And knowing that kind of magic isn’t just a fantasy makes me want to find it again. But what about being with someone who makes me a better person? What about sharing my life with someone who adores me as much as I adore him, whom I can always count on, who helps me find my way when I’m lost?”

Way Want Kind Persons I Can Helping Lost Strong Fantasy Knowing Magic Attraction My Way Help Me Adore Better Person Physical Attraction I Adore Him

Author:Susane Colasanti

“That's the tricky thing about being bonded to someone for life. Blake and his dad are bonded like I'm bonded with Erin. We're irrevocably tied together by history, a history that can never be erased. Even if you want to deny it, even it you want to pretend it never existed, it will always be a part of you. It will always, in some way, define who you are.”

Ifs Way Want Together Dad Who You Are Deny Tied Tricky Blake Erin

Book:Something Like Fate

Source: Something Like Fate

“We know each other in a way that no one else can. We share a history that makes us permanently connected.”

Knows Way Share Connected

Book:Something Like Fate

Source: Something Like Fate

“All I can do is hope.”

Book:So Much Closer

Source: So Much Closer

“One of the most amazing things that can happen is finding someone who sees everything you are and won't let you be anything less. They see the potential of you. They see endless possibilities. And through their eyes, you start to see yourself the same way. As someone who matters. As someone who can make a difference in this world. If you're lucky enough to find this person, never let them go.”

Source: So Much Closer

“The past doesn't just disappear after it's happened.”

Past Happened Disappear

Book:So Much Closer

Source: So Much Closer

“It's up to me to create the life I want.”

Author:Susane Colasanti

“Now that I know where this life is going, it's time to decide how I'll get there.”

Knows Life Is This Life

Author:Susane Colasanti

“He never gives up on who I am or who I could be. He doesn't run away when things get complicated.”

Giving Running Giving Up Complicated Who I Am Running Away Never Giving Up

Author:Susane Colasanti

“Rien ne va arrêter ma quête pour te trouver" No one will stop my quest to find you.”

Author:Susane Colasanti

“Just when it seems like life is getting good, something always has to come along and ruin it.”

Seems Life Is Ruins

Book:So Much Closer

Source: So Much Closer

“The huge problems we deal with every day are actually really small. We’re so focused on what bothers us that we don’t even try to see our lives from a clearer perspective.”

Trying Problem Deals Our Lives Huge Perspective Focused Bother

Book:Something Like Fate

Source: Something Like Fate

“Sometimes in the midst of all your boy drama, you just need a cupcake.”

Needs Sometimes Boys Drama Midst Cupcakes

Book:So Much Closer

Source: So Much Closer

“And there are a million possibilities. Like the possibility of going separate ways. Together.”

Way Together Millions Possibility Separate Ways

Book:When It Happens

Source: When It Happens

“We're all sinking in the same boat here. We're all bored and desperate and waiting for something to happen. Waiting for life to get better. Waiting for things to change. Waiting for that one person to finally notice us. We're all waiting. But we also need to realize that we all have the power to make those changes for ourselves.”

Needs Persons Happens Waiting Change Realizing Boat Bored Get Better Desperate Sinking That One Person Waiting For Something

Book:Waiting For You

Source: Waiting For You

“Maybe the package comes in a different shape than we originally thought it would.”

Different Shapes Packages

Book:Waiting For You

Source: Waiting For You

“Maybe it's just hart to see what's right in front of you while you're frantically searching for it.”

Author:Susane Colasanti

“You can overcome your fears, you cange change, you can make life into what you've always wanted it to be. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon. So hang in.”

Wanted Tomorrow Overcoming

Book:Waiting For You

Source: Waiting For You

“Love isn't logical, or even our choice. Love chooses us. Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.”

Sometimes Choices Get Better Logical Our Choices

Author:Susane Colasanti

“Derek’s like, “So . . . what do you want to do first?” “I don’t know.” “Feel like ice cream?” “It’s, like, three degrees out.” “That’s why getting ice cream would be badass.”

Knows Want Feels Firsts Would Be Three Degrees Ice Cream Ice Cream Badass

Book:Waiting For You

Source: Waiting For You

“Girls with the beauty-and-brains thing going on are the most intimidating girls in the world.”

World Girl Brain Intimidating Beauty And Brains

Book:When It Happens

Source: When It Happens

“The whole thing about bullying is: yes, the culture has to change. Yes, teens have the power to change it. It’s not going to happen overnight, but this is definitely something that I want to start motivating teens to do today." - Publisher Weekly”

Want Whole Happens Today Culture Bullying Teens Publishers Power To Change

Author:Susane Colasanti

“School would be way more tolerable if everyone wasn’t so afraid to be who they really are. And if everyone else would let them.”

Ifs Way Would Be School Tolerable

Book:Keep Holding On

Source: Keep Holding On

“SEEING BELIEVING what’s in front of you is not necessarily the entire story”

Believe Stories Seeing Fronts

Author:Susane Colasanti

“When I’m a teacher, I won’t be using red pens to grade papers. Red pens will forever be associated with criticism and bad grades in my mind. I don’t want this person to get their short story back with harsh red pen marks all over it. Purple is much friendlier.”

Want Mind Persons Stories Forever Teacher Paper Red Criticism Mark Grades Over It Pens Short Story Harsh Papers Purple Bad Grades

Book:Keep Holding On

Source: Keep Holding On

“When your heart is shattered into a million pieces, all you can do is try to keep holding on. You breathe. You try to fall asleep. You try to not think about him.”

Thinking Trying Heart Fall Can Do Millions Pieces Breathe Holding On Shattered

Book:Keep Holding On

Source: Keep Holding On

“I wish emotional bruises healed like physical ones.”

Wish Emotional Healed Bruises

Author:Susane Colasanti

“You can’t violate someone’s trust and expect there to be no consequences.”

Author:Susane Colasanti

“If I’d stopped believing that my life would eventually get better, I don’t think I would have survived high school.”

Ifs Thinking Believe School High School Get Better Survived

Book:Keep Holding On

Source: Keep Holding On

“FACTS Fact #1 Mean people suck. Fact #2 Bad things happen to good people. Fact #3 Good doesn’t always prevail over evil.”

People Mean Facts Happens Evil Things Happen Bad Things Good People Mean People Bad Things Happen

Book:Keep Holding On

Source: Keep Holding On

“We’re products of our choices.”

Choices Products Our Choices

Book:Keep Holding On

Source: Keep Holding On

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Born: May 1, 1973
Known for: Author
Quotes: 155

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