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Susane Colasanti

Susane Colasanti Books

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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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Keep Holding On

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When It Happens

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So Much Closer

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All I Need

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“Then we’re just sitting there, staring at each other. Which has been happening a lot lately. It’s like whatever wall there was between us, however she was holding herself back from me . . . all of that pretense is gone. “And when you find a soul mate,” Sara says, “it’s undeniable. You have to be together.” “That’s my philosophy.” I look back at her. “You have to go with the flow.” “Exactly. I think the universe guides you to make the right choices.” “Do you believe in fate?” “I guess, but . . . it’s more about creating the life you want so you can make that fate a reality. You know?”

Love Life Philosophy Relationships Fate Zen

Author:Susane Colasanti

“Do you like Rhiannon more than me?" ... They're two completely different concepts. When a girl asks you a question like that, there's no way you can be honest. They say they want you to be honest, but then they get all upset when you are. You can't win. There's no way to win. There are questions you just can't answer without manipulating the truth.”

Truth Honesty Girl Boy

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“Too bad guys aren’t like Mr. Potato Head Where you can pick and choose which parts you want. Then we might come up with a guy who meets your standards.”

Romance Young Adult

Book:When It Happens

Source: When It Happens

“I also got the impression that having a lot of money can turn a decent person into an asshole.”

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“But all I really learned is that money is powerful enough to bend the rules. Rhiannon:0, Dad:1.”

Life Money Dad S Words

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“So I'll send my parents money, and maybe they can get a bigger place, too. They can even relax when they're older, the way they deserve to. Without having to worry about how they're going to survive. But for now, I'm the one who has to survive.”

Parents Surviving Life

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“I wish my life were a movie and I could take it into the editing room and totally cut this part out. And some other parts. Some other parts definitely need to be cut.”

Life Regret Editing A Tragic Experience

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“The smell of hyacinths in the summer night air. At this moment, standing here with a boy I just met who already feels like home, I am overwhelmed with city love.”

Summer Young Adult Romance Summer Love

Book:City Love

Source: City Love

“And the What Ifs are the worst.”

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“That's the thing about being hooked on a girl. You see what else is going on around you. You notice other girls. But it doesn't register the same way it used to. You only care about one thing, one goal. And sometimes, being so focused on what you want, you can't see what everyone else does.”

Love True Feelings

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“Sometimes I think life could be so much easier if I knew everything that was going to happen. If the Unknown could be obliterated, I wouldn't have to be afraid of it. I could finally know what it feels like to be fearless.”

Love Life Fate Destiny Unknown Future Unknown Destination

Book:Something Like Fate

Source: Something Like Fate

“What do you call it when two people have intense shared history? when nothing can separate them? Soul Sisters”

People Two Soul Intense

Book:Something Like Fate

Source: Something Like Fate

“There's this total manwhore phenomenon happening, where even the geeks are player now. It's like Manhattan is this giant playground and guys want to keep playing forever.”

Want Guy Forever Player Happenings Giants Phenomenon Geek Manhattan Playgrounds

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“Maybe but... if being impulsive means ruining other people's lives, then maybe I should just stay the same.”

People Ifs Should Mean Impulsive

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“I'm trying to paint an underwater ocean scene. It's just not working. My queen angelfish is supposed to have these bright yellow eyes and electric-blue stripes along the edge of her fin. Instead, it looks like I'm trying to paint a fried egg with some blue bacon. Maybe I can pass it off as postmodern.”

Trying Looks I Can Eye Scene Ocean Blue Paint Edges Queens Eggs Yellow Electric Stripes Underwater Postmodern Fins

Book:Something Like Fate

Source: Something Like Fate

“Maybe it's impossible to find everything you want in one person. Maybe everyone in your life gives you certain things you need. And your friends give you the rest of what you can't get from your boyfriend.”

Want Needs Giving Persons Certain Impossible Your Boyfriend

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“Who remembers everything about somebody?”

Remember Remembers Everything

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“Where you can never sleep because of noisy brain.No matter how tired you are. It's impossible to accomplish anything but lying here in bed. Frustrated and victimized at three in the morning.”

Matter Lying Three Sleep Brain Morning Impossible Bed Tired Accomplish Frustrated Noisy Never Sleep Lying Here

Author:Susane Colasanti

“Walks are never as good during the day. At night, when everyone's apartments are lit up and you can see inside, that's where the action is. Everything about this fascinates me. Windows, lampposts, building facades. Looking into other people's lives. The way it all comes together, this entity greater than the sum of its parts. I feel inspired. I'm excited about my future life.”

People Way Feels Action Together Night Walks Greater Building Window Inspired Excited Apartment Entity Lit My Future Facade Future Life

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“For one day there will be nothing left, yet we will have something. -me- I tried to wait for my life to begin. Something has to happen. Like an amazing boy. I know he's out there. I just have to find him.”

Knows Happens Left Waiting Boys One Day

Author:Susane Colasanti

“Even in a bad situation, there's always a positive side. Even if you can't see it yet.”

Ifs Sides Situation Stay Positive Bad Situations

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“I have a theory that the answers to all of life's major questions can found in a John Mayer song.”

Life Song Found Answers Theory Majors Happy Life Mayer

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“It's about how you're like a lighthouse, always searching far into the distance. But the thing you're looking for is usually close to you and always has been. That's why you have to look within yourself to find answers instead of searching beyond.”

Looks Has Beens Answers Distance Insightful Lighthouse

Book:Waiting For You

Source: Waiting For You

“If a girl starts out all casual with a guy and she doesn't tell him that she wants a relationship, it will never become a relationship. If you give the guy the impression that casual is okay with you, that's all he'll ever want. Be straight with him from the start. If he gets scared and runs away, he wasn't right for you.”

Ifs Want Love Giving Running Guy Girl Relationship Okay Scared Impression Running Away Casual

Author:Susane Colasanti

“I want to tell Tobet about when i was standing in this exact same place last summer, wishing for him to be real. But it's hard to remember life before Tobey. He makes eveything seem possible. Like whatever you feel is true, really true in your heart, you can make happen. And you just know, when it happens, its for real. And there are a million possibilities. Like the possibility of going separate ways. Together.”

Knows Way Want Feels Heart Real Hard Seems Happens Together Lasts Remember Wish Millions Possibility Summer Standing Being Real Really True Last Summer Separate Ways

Author:Susane Colasanti

“I'm thinking that it might actually be possible for things to work out sometimes. Definitely not everything and maybe not the way you imagined. But sometimes, when you least expected it, life surprises you.”

Thinking Way Sometimes Might Surprise Work Out Expected

Book:When It Happens

Source: When It Happens

“Do you believe in fate?" "I guess, but . . . its more about creatng the life you want so you can make that fate a reality. You know?”

Knows Want Believe Reality Fate

Book:When It Happens

Source: When It Happens

“I'm sorry.' Congratulations.' Can you tell me why you're so upset?' The thing is, Tobey should get this. I mean, he's gotten everything else about me. And I don't want to explain it all. So much of it has to do with jealousy, and I know it's stupid to be mad at him because he had a life before me. But I am anyway.”

Knows Want Should Mean Stupid Mad Sorry Upset I'm Sorry Congratulations Mad At Him

Author:Susane Colasanti

“Tobey puts the CD on. Then he comes over and hugs me. I lean my head on his chest. 'I want to know everything about you,' he whispers.”

Knows Want Chests Hug Cds Hug Me

Book:When It Happens

Source: When It Happens

“It's weird how time can change something you thought would always stay the same.”

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“He has to wair for another load of laundry to get done. So I wait with him. I lean back against the couch, sitting really low the way I like. I scrunch over and put my head on his shoulder. We sit like that for a long time. Watching other people's laundry dry. <3”

People Way Long Done Waiting Long Time Lows Sitting Shoulders Dry Load Couches Laundry

Author:Susane Colasanti

“I'm so excited that my stomach is in a jiggle-jaggle of nerves. There they go again. Jiggle. Jaggle. I'm a mess.”

Excited Mess Nerves Stomach

Author:Susane Colasanti

“I can't take it anymore. The waiting. The wanting. Something inside me snaps. I hate myself. I hate that I have to deal with this. I hate my life. And I hate how I can't count on anyone to be completely there when I need them, exactly the way I need them to be.”

Way Needs I Can Hate Waiting Deals I Hate Snaps Hate Myself I Hate Myself Hate My Life I Hate My Life

Book:Waiting For You

Source: Waiting For You

“There are some things I can't control, & that's just the way it is.”

Author:Susane Colasanti

“I want to be the kind of person who can do that. Move on and forgive people and be healthy and happy. It seems like an easy thing to do in my head. But it's not so easy when you try it in real life.”

People Want Trying Kind Persons Real Seems Moving Easy Can Do Healthy Forgiving Real Life Things To Do Easy Things Healthy And Happy

Book:Waiting For You

Source: Waiting For You

“I mean, maybe under the surface, somewhere that's hard to see, I've known it had to end for a long time. I just never thought I'd be the one to end it.”

Mean Long Ends Hard Known Long Time Surface

Author:Susane Colasanti

“Things fall apart, even when you think they're stronger than anything you could ever imagine.”

Thinking Fall Imagine Stronger Falling Apart

Author:Susane Colasanti

“I'd rather be weird and happy than normal and miserable.”

Normal Miserable

Book:Waiting For You

Source: Waiting For You

“Too bad guys aren’t like Mr. Potato Head Where you can pick and choose which parts you want. Then we might come up with a guy who meets your standards. - Maggie”

Want Might Guy Standards Picks Come Up Potatoes Bad Guys Maggie

Author:Susane Colasanti

“Not even a repeat of Dawson’s Creek makes me feel better.”

Feels Repeats Feel Better Creeks Make Me Feel Better

Author:Susane Colasanti

“It feels incredible to be outside when I’m supposed to be inside. The sensation of freedom is intoxicating. - Sara”

Feels Incredibles Supposed To Be Sensations

Author:Susane Colasanti

“We’re never gonna understand women. They’re way too complex. You’ve got too many variables to consider. PMS, bad hair days, miscellaneous mood swings . . . there’s no way to tell what’s causing their attitude. - Mike”

Way Attitude Hair Complexes Mood Swings Mike Miscellaneous Variables Pms Bad Hair Mood Swing Bad Hair Day

Book:When It Happens

Source: When It Happens

“But this is such a "Wheel" moment. That song rocks. The best part is where John Mayer says how our connections are permanent, how if you drift apart from someone there's always a chance you can be part of their life again. How everything comes back around again.”

Ifs Moments Song Chance Rocks Connections Permanent Wheels Mayer

Book:Waiting For You

Source: Waiting For You

“It's just like John Mayer says in "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room". When it's this bad, you have to get out or you'll get burned.”

Rooms Dancing Burning Burned Mayer

Book:Waiting For You

Source: Waiting For You

“Anyway, shes still getting to know you," Mike says. "Chicks are like that. They base how much tey like on you an emotional level. They have to be into your personality first, and then they decide they want you. But if a guy thinks a girl is hot, he'll learn to like her personality later. It's two different worlds, man.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Want Firsts Stills Two Different Guy Girl Levels Emotional Personality Hot Mike Chicks Different Worlds Like Her Two Different Worlds

Author:Susane Colasanti

“This stuff doesn't matter. What matters is what you do with it." Sara snaps the highlighter cap on. "I try not to think about how boring it is (History). I just keep reminding myself about how I want my life to be and what I have to do to get there. Then it's simple.”

Thinking Want Trying Matter Stuff Simple Boring What Matters Caps Snaps Reminding

Book:When It Happens

Source: When It Happens

“If you have to explain about how something's supposed to feel, it takes away all the magic.”

Ifs Feels Magic

Book:When It Happens

Source: When It Happens

“All I know is, if we don't eat soon I'm going to chew off a limb. And I can't guarentee it'll be mine.”

Ifs Knows I Can Mines Limbs

Book:Something Like Fate

Source: Something Like Fate

“Do you want to be with Dave for the rest of your life?” Then he rips off a piece of paper and picks up the smallest charcoal stick from my set. He writes something. He passes it over to me. It says: Time will tell. “And while you’re waiting,” he says, “don’t settle for anything less than what you really want.”

Want Writing Waiting Pieces Paper Picks Sticks Settling Smallest Rest Of Your Life Rip Dave Charcoal Time Will Tell

Author:Susane Colasanti

“Tell me about it. It’s so hard to deal with a single parent. They take out all their anxiety on you. It’s like, she’s so angry all the time. And I didn’t even do anything!” “That’s so wrong.” “Yeah.” “Where’s your dad?” “I don’t know. My mom had me when she was still in high school, so . . .” “You don’t see him at all?” “No, and I don’t want to. I have no interest in maintaining a relationship with someone who didn’t love me enough to stick around.”

Knows Want Stills Hard Enough School Parent Interest Deals Mom Dad Anxiety High School Yeah Angry Sticks My Mom Maintaining Your Dad Single Parent

Author:Susane Colasanti

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Born: May 1, 1973
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Quotes: 155

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