Top 500 Mariana Zapata Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “I lost the name my mom had so carefully chosen and became a medical term.”

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202. “You know, you keep on being nice to me, and I’m going to think you like me.” That big body stopped right where he was and one gray eye was on me over his shoulder as he asked in that rough, serious voice, “Who says I don’t like you?”

— Mariana Zapata

203. “Nothing and nobody would ever come between my dreams and me.”

— Mariana Zapata

204. “My schnecke. My little snail, do you know that’s what it means? It’s a term of affection in my country. My love. My snail. I don’t want to waste more time. I have nothing to hide and neither do you.”

— Mariana Zapata

205. “But then he said the words that made a dozen more butterflies explode into existence. “I’m really damn happy to see you, Ruby.” His voice was quiet, not hesitant but more cautious. “I look at you and I can’t stop smiling. That’s all. You’re adorable.”

— Mariana Zapata

206. “This – him – was easy. Effortless. It just felt right.”

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207. “I could have been more and I could have been less, but I was just me. At some point, you just have to decide to be the best version of yourself, the one you can live with and look at in the mirror day after day.”

— Mariana Zapata

208. “If my good mood were a raft named Gaby, it seemed like it was on the verge of sinking.”

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209. “Was it so wrong to love something you’d dedicated your life to that you wanted the best? No one ever became good at something without repeatedly working at it.”

— Mariana Zapata

210. “Fine. It was fine. Everything was okay; at least it would be.”

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211. “There was a sigh and another whisper that sounded like I don’t want to hear it before he came back on the line to respond with, “Someone needs a couple stitches and doesn’t want to go to the hospital, and Peter says he’s not doing it.”

— Mariana Zapata

212. “His gaze was unflinching and solid. If someone could have light sabers in their eyes, it would be him.”

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213. “This is what matters. You are my gift, my second chance, and I will cherish you and your dream. I will protect both of you.”

— Mariana Zapata

214. “None of us were promised tomorrow, or even ten minutes from now.”

— Mariana Zapata

215. “Then he did it, he crossed the line again. “Sal – Sal, don’t tell anyone, but you’re my favorite.”

— Mariana Zapata

216. “You did something and you could regret it, or you could not do something and regret it. You never knew which way it would go. Everything in life is a gamble.”

— Mariana Zapata

217. “Life was a lot easier spent next to a pine tree than a cactus.”

— Mariana Zapata

218. “If I kept on looking at his bare chest any longer, I’d officially earn my Hussy Merit Badge.”

— Mariana Zapata

219. “I put a hand over my heart like that would help the ache pounding away.”

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220. “I don’t know anything about relationships, Van, but I know I love you. I know I’ve waited my entire life to love you, and I’ll do whatever I have to, to make this work.”

— Mariana Zapata

221. “Como estas?” He fell into that quick, soft accented Spanish that was a little foreign to me.”

— Mariana Zapata

222. “I’d give you every ribbon, trophy, medal, anything at my house or at the LC if it meant something,” he told me. “I’ll give you anything you want if you stop crying.”

— Mariana Zapata

223. “I don’t really have another choice. I figured I’d just cry and bleed all the way home.”

— Mariana Zapata

224. “I loved him and it wasn’t even a little bit. It was a lotta bit.”

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225. “I’m not crying.” “You are the worst liar I have ever met.” He moved to rub my shoulder. “Why are you upset?” Every time he asked, I somehow managed to cry harder, my body shaking more; there were actual noises coming out of me. “It’s stupid.” “More than likely, but tell me anyway,” he said in a gentle voice.”

— Mariana Zapata

226. “I registered for my card before work one day, since I figured that with my starving bank account I wouldn’t be able to afford buying any books in the near future.”

— Mariana Zapata

227. “Sometimes the worst things you could ever hear were wrapped in sweet tones and calm voices.”

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228. “Who was that?” she asked me when we were a couple of booths down. “Some guy who caught me pulling my underwear out of my crack.”

— Mariana Zapata

229. “It’s nothing you need to worry about,” I tried to tell him. And just like that, his face clouded over and he took another step toward me. “I wanna worry about it. Tell me what’s wrong.”

— Mariana Zapata

230. “Eyes up here, Taco.”

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231. “I really had missed this guy, despite everything. But there was a reason why amputees survived and thrived; you learned how to live without.”

— Mariana Zapata

232. “Real love was gritty. The real kind of love never quit. Someone who loved you would do what’s best for you; they’d stand up for you and sacrifice. Someone who loved you would face any inconvenience willingly.”

— Mariana Zapata

233. “He shook his head and raised his gaze, his long eyelashes sweeping low as he leveled that ring of warm brown on mine. “You haven’t left me when I needed you. Why wouldn’t I do the same for you?”

— Mariana Zapata

234. “No eclipse could overshadow the fact that I was absolutely in love with this guy, and it was the easiest and simplest thing in the world.”

— Mariana Zapata

235. “We both know you love me.” I wanted to deny it. I really did. Mostly because I hated the fact that he sounded so smug. But we both knew I’d be lying. Maybe I’d never said the words, but he knew. Like he’d known about my learning disability but never said anything. Like he knew chocolate was my weakness and fed it to me when I needed it most.”

— Mariana Zapata

236. “Graves aren’t quitters.”

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237. “Ivan muttered in that perfectly balanced voice that was deep but not too deep, just perfectly aggravating.”

— Mariana Zapata

238. “Demented and out-of-his-freaking mind, but handsome nonetheless.”

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239. “That’s what my life had come to? People being proud of me for keeping my mouth shut?”

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240. “No game is ‘just’ anything,” was the sharp, no-nonsense reply that came out of the sauerkraut’s mouth.”

— Mariana Zapata

241. “I wasn’t one to usually show off Lucy and Ethel because I was self-conscious of them, but money was money.”

— Mariana Zapata

242. “I wasn’t going to let my fears get the best of me. I had this one life, and if I didn’t make the best of it, then what was the point?”

— Mariana Zapata

243. “It was Kulti standing with his back to me. Kulti had pushed the full-grown man to the ground.”

— Mariana Zapata

244. “But my mom had told me once that regret was worse than fear.”

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245. “I believe in you. In us. Regardless of what happens, you will always be the best partner I’ve ever had.”

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246. “We outgrow clothes the same way we outgrow people, Len. We change inside the same way we do outside.”

— Mariana Zapata

247. “Do you have any idea how easy it is to love you?”

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248. “It was seven thirty in the morning, and I was at my dining room table for the last time ever when that now familiar, three-rap knock made my door rattle. I’d just gotten out of bed twenty minutes ago, and I was sitting around waiting for the waffle iron to heat up. Hell, I still had my pajamas on, hadn’t washed my face, or even brushed my teeth yet. My hair was up in something that looked like a baby pineapple.”

— Mariana Zapata

249. “Danish ancestry.”

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250. “What was love if it wasn’t just a single word people used to try and describe something that wasn’t easily explained or grown in one action or declaration? I’d.”

— Mariana Zapata