Susane Colasanti

About

Susane Colasanti (born May 1, 1973) is an American author of young-adult fiction and a former high-school science teacher. She has published 11 young-adult titles since 2006. She lives in New York City.

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Quotes from Susane Colasanti

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.

—Susane Colasanti in So Much Closer

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

—Susane Colasanti in So Much Closer

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.

—Susane Colasanti in Something Like Fate

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

—Susane Colasanti in So Much Closer

life good

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.

—Susane Colasanti in So Much Closer

hurt anger

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.

—Susane Colasanti in Waiting for You

Books

Susane Colasanti has the following books quoted on Quodid:

So Much Closer
Something Like Fate