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It's up to me to create the life I want.
Susane Colasanti
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Susane Colasanti
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 1
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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.
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She's not going to let go until she sees for herself that there's nothing left to hold on to.
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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.
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You can’t violate someone’s trust and expect there to be no consequences.
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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?
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Maybe the package comes in a different shape than we originally thought it would.
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We know each other in a way that no one else can. We share a history that makes us permanently connected.
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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.
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We’re products of our choices.
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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.
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but then you realize that this ‘whole package’ everyone’s looking for is unattainable. No one can be everything you want them to be.
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It’s like once everyone decides who you are, you’re locked into their version of you and that’s it.
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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?
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Just because a person chooses to express themselves in an extreme way doesn't mean they have an extreme personality.
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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.
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I have to get my life back on track. Order as an antidote to chaos. Calm after the storm.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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