Top 500 Mariana Zapata Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “It’s easy for people to love you when you’re doing things for them, when they get something out of it. But it isn’t so easy to find people who will still love you when you’re down and need help getting up. That’s when you really find out who’s with you for the right reasons.”

— Mariana Zapata

102. “I smiled at him, trying to tell him with my eyes that I wanted him to love me back.”

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103. “Maybe – and I just want you to think about it for the future – you should consider what other factors are important in employee retention. You know, like making people feel appreciated, giving them a reason to stay loyal to you. It isn’t just about a paycheck,” I replied as gently as I could, even though I knew damn well he didn’t exactly deserve to get handled with kid gloves. “You’ll find someone. It’s just not going to be me.”

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104. “Life’s not easy but hold on to the things that matter, even if you have to use some fingernails.”

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105. “My boy has always known what he wants, and he dives into things head first without hesitation. Break his heart, and I will ruin your life.”

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106. “You are my equal, my partner, my teammate, my best friend.”

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107. “I flung up my common sense into the air and held my imaginary ovaries out in sacrifice.”

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108. “I could play in front of thousands of people, but the instant cameras got within ten feet of me, I just shut down. I was like the Ricky Bobby of the WPL.”

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109. “When one door closes, another one opens. I might just have to do a little breaking and entering to get the right one for me.”

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110. “Not every injury is physical. People don’t realize that.”

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111. “You don’t get to live your dreams by waiting around for someone to hand them to you.”

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112. “I gave him an ‘are you kidding me’ look that had him chuckling in response. “I want to see them.” “See what?” “Your chicken wings,” he deadpanned. I groaned. He took it to another level when he started squawking. “I’ve always known you were insane.” Dad snorted. “I thought you were a tiger, hija mia.” There.”

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113. “My grandma had told me once you couldn’t make someone love you or even like you, but you could sure as hell make someone put up with you.”

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114. “There were people in life that cared about fixing what was broken and there were people who waited for someone else to resolve their problems. Usually, I liked to think that I went for the things that I wanted, but that didn’t mean I wanted to be the one to say something, especially not in this case.”

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115. “Aiden kissed me. His bottom lip went to my top one, his grip reassuring and unyielding as he dragged his mouth to kiss me fully. And I did what any sane person would have done: I let him, and I pressed my lips to his instinctively. Our mouths met in a peck that was followed by a big, guttural sigh fanning over my neck for a moment, his forehead pressing against mine.”

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116. “We might get along better, but I still wanted to shank him from time to time.”

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117. “I would have done just about anything for you back then, even when you got on my nerves. I might have just waited until the last minute to push you out of oncoming traffic, but I’d still push you out of the way.”

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118. “It was undeniable, bright and massive. It was a rainbow, a unicorn, a million-dollar lottery ticket and happiness incarnate all rolled into one thing.”

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119. “I had this one life, and if I didn’t make the best of it, then what was the point?”

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120. “If I couldn’t stand up for what I believed in, then I wasn’t the person I strived to be.”

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121. “My poor heart didn’t know it could love so much.”

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122. “The best decisions of my life had been those I’d jumped into terrified even though some part of me knew they were necessary.”

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123. “I scooted my chair in a little closer. “I have a million other questions.” “You’ve got twenty-nine minutes.” “Thank you for keeping track,” I joked, not letting him get me down.”

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124. “I loved him. I loved this man so much that losing him was going to break my cold, dead heart into so many pieces I was just going to have to stick them in the same box I kept my dreams and carry it around with me forever.”

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125. “Please! Please! Tell me someone has recorded your practices together. Ooh! Tell me you’re doing a live video of them. I would watch every minute. Give me all your competition dates in advance. It’ll be the Hunger Games on ice. I’ll buy everyone in the family front row seats,” she cried out, her voice full of laughter.”

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126. “I didn’t know what it said about me that I carried snacks around for him, but whatever. He was like my puppy that I had to make sure ate enough. you know, a massive puppy that made my insides feel discombobulated from time to time.”

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127. “Don’t put me into that position because I know she”-he tipped his head toward me-“only bites when she has to, and I will always take her side. Are we clear on that?”

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128. “Is this over now?”

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129. “Hey,” he said. “Some days you pick up eagles like they’re chickens, and some days you run screaming away from innocent bats. I like you both ways, angel. All ways.”

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130. “While Louie might be the sun, Josh was the moon and the stars. He was my gravity, my tide, my ride or die. He was more like my little brother than my nephew, and in some ways, we had grown up together. I had loved him from the moment I laid eyes on him. Loved him from the moment I knew he was a spark of life, and I was going to love him every day of my life.”

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131. “I was going to murder his ass. One day. One day long after I quit, so no one would suspect me.”

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132. “A dream is just a wish without a plan.” After you hear it enough times, it grows on you and the older you get, the more you realize how true the words are. So.”

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133. “Last night, some of the men in my tent talked about who would win in a fight, Superman or Jesus, for an hour. I couldn’t sleep, and I ended up thinking about that for too long.”

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134. “I was loved, I had a home, I had money, and I had a job now. I was safe. I was happy.”

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135. “We go through things together, we don’t give up on one another, and not over something like this. Isn’t that right?”

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136. “Those big hands left my thighs and before I could wonder where they were going, they landed on my cheeks. In a split second, he tilted my face just slightly down and we were eye to eye, his breath on my face. Those amazing hazel eyes were closer than they’d ever been. Then he kissed me.”

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137. “The Wall of Winnipeg stared down at the much smaller man, and in a voice that was as close to a cool, unattached statement as possible, he said, “Touch my wife again, and I’ll break every bone in your goddamn body.” My wife. Not Vanessa. He’d gone with my wife. He’d cussed. For me. For my honor. He’d said the ‘G’ word and it was just about the most romantic thing I’d ever heard in my life because Aiden didn’t do that.”

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138. “We got out of the car and made our way toward the door inscribed with ‘Pins and Needles’ in classy simple font.”

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139. “But I’m not a good man, and I’m gonna take everythin’ you want to give me and everythin’ you don’t.”

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140. “I fell in love with the voice in the dark. No joke, no exaggeration. It was a pure, raw love.”

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141. “So, what you’re trying to say is you wouldn’t let him fertilize your flower?” Nikki snorted. Zoey made a stupid noise that sounded like a cough and a choke. “You wouldn’t let him hide his salami?” “Pump gas into your tank?” “Hibernate in your cave?” “Catch a ride on the Kitty Kat Express?” “Tenderize your meat?”

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142. “All I could think about as I stood there was that sometimes life gave you a tragedy that burned everything you knew to the ground and changed you completely. But somehow, if you really wanted to, you could learn how to hold your breath as you made your way through the smoke left in its wake and you could keep going. And sometimes, sometimes, you could grow something beautiful from the ashes that were left behind. If you were lucky.”

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143. “What? You don’t think you could hurt me?” “You need a heart for it to hurt.” His hand didn’t go anywhere. “Ouch, Jasmine. Really. I have a heart.” “It doesn’t count if it’s made out of sticks and stones and painted red.”

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144. “Like picture books if the ones with words don’t work for you.”

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145. “Soccer has given me everything, but it’s also taken away just as many things.” He gave me a sad determined look. “I don’t want it to take you away as well. You are the least shameful thing in my life, Sal. Understand?”

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146. “I wasn’t as much of an adult as my birth certificate said I should be.”

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147. “Why didn’t the toilet paper cross the road? I didn’t get a chance to reply before another message from him came in. Aaron: Bc it got stuck in a crack.”

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148. “Life could be brutally short, and happiness was never guaranteed.”

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149. “I’ve done so many stupid things that you’ve made me regret – things I hope you will forgive me for and look beyond – but this, waiting a little longer for the love of my life, I can do.”

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150. “Which basically showed how amazing the human mind was; how you could care about someone but want to slit his or her throat at the same time.”

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