Susane colasanti quotes

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.

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.

In what twisted universe would a girl who's just been dumped still want to be friends with the boy who dumped her?

How could something that felt so right actually be so wrong?

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

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.

I want revenge, but I don't want to screw up my karma.

Oh and P.S.? I am in dire need of more coffee. Industrial strength.

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

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.

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

When someone rips your heart out, there's nothing you can do to change how you feel about them. You just have to keep feeling that way until it goes away. Until it never does.

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

Because my life isn't going to wait around while I figure out how to make it work.

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

I have to get my life back on track. Order as an antidote to chaos. Calm after the storm.

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.

It’s like once everyone decides who you are, you’re locked into their version of you and that’s it.

The unknown is scary the Unknown can also be exciting. Your life could change in an instant anytime. But sometimes, that change is the best thing that will ever happen to you.Maybe I don’t have to know what my fate is to know that everything will be okay. Maybe the not knowing is how we move forward. Wherever I’m headed, I know it’s exactly where I’m supposed to be.

The only person I can count on is myself. It's up to me to create the life I want. I can't blame my parents or Scott or anyone else for the way things are.

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.

If you see someone being bullied, make it stop. Why is that so hard for us to do?

No one is worth wasting a gorgeous weekend over.

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

Its so weird how connecting with someone in a different setting can bring out this whole other side of them. Like how certain places inspire us to act in ways we normally wouldn't.

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

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

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

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.

but then you realize that this ‘whole package’ everyone’s looking for is unattainable. No one can be everything you want them to be.

Still hiding and afraid to let go. Waiting for you to find me uncover me and show me the way.

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

I thought following a straight road would lead me right to my destination. Like the road would just take me there because I was following all the rules. And if the road curved, I couldn't be sure about where I was going. But look where it got me. Maybe it's time for a detour.

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

Love is never guaranteed. Love is a risk we take because we hope it will make us happy.

Just because a person chooses to express themselves in an extreme way doesn't mean they have an extreme personality.

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.

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.

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

But the absolute worst was when people asked if I was okay. Because then I had to admit that it was real, it happened, and we weren't together anymore.

But life’s never easy when you need it to be.

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

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

Because if you take a risk, you just might find what you're looking for.

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.

Happiness is not limited. There’s enough for everyone.

Never give up on your dreams. No matter how many people say it’s impossible, no matter how difficult your journey is, you can create your ideal life. Your heart’s desires can become reality. Make things better now by taking steps every day to get closer to the life you want. And never, ever give up.

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.

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

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

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

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?

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

TOP FIVE WAYS PEOPLE CAN SURPRISE YOU 5. Just when you think they’ve given up on you, they prove that they never will. 4. They find a way to speak up after staying silent for so long. 3. They defend you when you least expect it. 2. By showing you how life can get better now. 1. By helping you find a place to belong.

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?

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

How can someone who means so much to a person mean nothing the next day?

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

Who remembers everything about somebody?

No one can save me except myself.

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.

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

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.

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.

No one can be everything you want them to be.

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.

My thing is that I'm in love with love. Actually, I'm in love with the possibility of true love. Which could be considered a major problem.

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

Waiting for my real life to start is no excuse to waste the life I have right now.

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.

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

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

Everyone at his table laughs. They know I can hear them. They just don't care.

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

I just want to write. It's like once I get those obsessive thoughts out of my head, once they're written down, they're somehow set free and I can move on.

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

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

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.

But you can't get to the place you most want to be without taking a chance.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

That's the cool thing about having a best friend. They know what your pain feels like already, so you don't have to explain it.

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

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

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.

But if your boyfriend, out of nowhere and with no advance warning whatsoever, dumps you for no apparent reason, is it really about you? Or is it all him?

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

All I can do is hope.

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.

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

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.

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

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

I wish emotional bruises healed like physical ones.

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.

No two people can see the world in the same way. No matter what you’re looking at, no one is seeing it the same way you are.

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.

And I just think that if you believe in something and you want it so much and you're not hurting anyone else, you have to go for it. Which sometimes means taking a risk, even if it's scary. But the thing you want most to happen doesn't stand a chance unless you give it one.

This body is yours. It is your home. The keeper of your soul. The resting place of your spirit. No one can ever take that away.

I still love him. And here's the worst part. I want him back. - Ree

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

And yeah, it got better. My stomach eventually went back to normal. I didn’t cry every day. But my heart. My heart will always be broken.

You'll get through this. And I know it's impossible to believe right now, but it gets better. Trust me.

She's not going to let go until she sees for herself that there's nothing left to hold on to.

Somewhere underneath it all, I know he doesn't deserve to take up space in my brain.

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

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.

Because I still love him. You can't just turn love off. You still feel it.

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.

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.

But the thought of moving on from something I never had is depressing.

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.

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?

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

Following your heart means allowing the possibility of finding true love to be stronger than the fear of rejection.

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

We’re products of our choices.