Susane Colasanti Quotes - Page 2

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

No one can save me except myself.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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?

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

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.

We’re products of our choices.

All I can do is hope.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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