Top 500 Mariana Zapata Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “Two drinks, no more?” “Only two,” she confirmed. To give us credit, we were both straight-faced as we recited the greatest lie ever told.”

— Mariana Zapata

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

— Mariana Zapata

253. “What is Jasmine’s favorite?” she asked. He glanced at me at the same time the woman looked away, “Red.” Then added like the blood of the children you eat. I was not going to laugh. I was not going to laugh.”

— Mariana Zapata

254. “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

255. “What was that saying? When life gives you lemons, go to a taco stand.”

— Mariana Zapata

256. “Jesus Christ. He was wearing a suit for once, a dark gray ensemble that looked tailored to fit his wide shoulders, full arms, slim hips, and muscular thighs. How the hell did he go through the day without getting slipped a Rohypnol by every woman he came in contact with?”

— Mariana Zapata

257. “I had a temper. I got angry easily. But I had made myself learn how to control it. I had decided early on that I wasn’t going to let that emotion define me. I wanted to be better. I wanted to be a good person. I wanted to be someone – not necessarily someone great or someone important – but someone I could live with.”

— Mariana Zapata

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

— Mariana Zapata

259. “It wasn’t until almost six o’clock that something wet nudged at my face and woke me up. It was the pink pig sitting on my chest, with Ivan standing off to the side of the bed, watching me, while he held his huge bunny in one arm.”

— Mariana Zapata

260. “What’s the password?” “Gaby’s birthday should be a national holiday.” I grinned like an idiot, and fortunately, I was in my room alone so he couldn’t see my facial expression. It had to be bordering on ugly from how hard my cheeks strained in such a short amount of time. “Andddd?” I asked, in what had become our game. He laughed from the other side of the door. “I bought you a book.”

— Mariana Zapata

261. “But when Josh made his way toward me after practice, his eyes narrowed on the dads who were still sitting where I’d left them on the bleacher. He gave me this look that said he wasn’t amused by the two strangers sitting so close. He usually didn’t like men talking to me, and in this case, nothing had changed.”

— Mariana Zapata

262. “You should know one of my favorite things is making people laugh. And by “people,” I really mean myself.”

— Mariana Zapata

263. “Life was about taking chances. Going for what you wanted so that you didn’t get old and have pages of regrets. Sometimes you won and sometimes you lost, as much as I hated it.”

— Mariana Zapata

264. “I’d do this all over again a hundred times as long as I met you in the end.”

— Mariana Zapata

265. “He annoyed me, but I was also annoyed with myself for letting his attitude bother me. All.”

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266. “Someone told me I can’t take back what I’ve done, but what I do from now on is what matters. It seemed fitting.”

— Mariana Zapata

267. “Maybe you didn’t have to get over your fears completely to conquer them. Maybe if you just faced them in general that counted. Or at least that’s what I wanted to believe.”

— Mariana Zapata

268. “Sacha’s gonna buy you a mockingbird – ” I snorted, trying to cover it. His chest shook more but it didn’t break his song’s stride. If anything his sweet, beautiful voice got a little louder. “And if that mockingbird won’t sing, Sacha’s gonna buy you a diamond ring.”

— Mariana Zapata

269. “Because that was the way surprises worked – they didn’t tend to pencil themselves in to your schedule and let you know they were visiting ahead of time.”

— Mariana Zapata

270. “And why did I suddenly have the urge to go kick some ten-year-old’s ass? “He kept pushing and pushing me, and I told him to stop. But he started saying stuff about me and the other boy – ” I wasn’t just going to kick the kid’s ass, I was going to kick his mom’s ass too. And after I was done kicking his mom’s ass, I was going to kick his grandma’s ass to teach the whole family a lesson.”

— Mariana Zapata

271. “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

272. “And just like a dream, there were no assurances behind it. It didn’t grow on its own. It didn’t blossom without food to feed it. It was the greatest in its subtleties. It was the strongest in its selflessness.”

— Mariana Zapata

273. “It wasn’t until after you had a major regret that you understood the importance of not putting things off or being scared to do something about your problems.”

— Mariana Zapata

274. “What the hell did he want a little sister for? What was I supposed to do? Pull one off a tree for him?”

— Mariana Zapata

275. “What a cocky little turd. I.”

— Mariana Zapata

276. “You still like me even after that?” His smile was gentle. “You could steal the Mona Lisa, and I know you’d do it for a good reason. I don’t think there’s anything you could do that I wouldn’t be all about, baby girl.”

— Mariana Zapata

277. “That’s my girl.”

— Mariana Zapata

278. “If you want, you can tell me which two romances you read that you enjoyed. I’m curious, and by curious, what I’m trying to tell you is that I want to read them.”

— Mariana Zapata

279. “I mentally stepped into my Big Girl Socks – the equivalent I’d been given as a kid instead of Big Girl Panties because my dad thought that was a creepy expression. “I’ll.”

— Mariana Zapata

280. “Fear, I thought, was more like a hallucinogenic. It was all in your mind, and there was nothing to really be scared of as long as you knew and expected the worst and the best.”

— Mariana Zapata

281. “She’s mine.” And he went for it. My heart went for it too – over the cliff that is.”

— Mariana Zapata

282. “Every relationship turns into a bad one unless you find somebody to stay married to you for the rest of your life.”

— Mariana Zapata

283. “Do you love me?’, I asked him like I did every night just to hear him say it.”

— Mariana Zapata

284. “Deep inside me, the wuss still ran strong in a few situations, but extra, extra especially when it was related to Zac Travis. Time had healed a lot of wounds but not all of them.”

— Mariana Zapata

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

— Mariana Zapata

286. “You and I fight, yes? It’s in our nature. I think you should get used to the idea.” The corners of his mouth tipped up just a bit. “Are we fine now?” he asked earnestly, expectantly.”

— Mariana Zapata

287. “There are some things you couldn’t say with words.”

— Mariana Zapata

288. “Sassy, that lady totally wanted to scramble your eggs.”

— Mariana Zapata

289. “Tall and still in fantastic shape, my poor, stupid, stupid heart gave a little thump in recognition of an attractive man. Then I stomped it to death and reminded myself he was just a guy.”

— Mariana Zapata

290. “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

291. “You probably sit in your Tesla and cry every time you wrinkle your sweaters.” Ivan barked out another laugh that was pretty much shouted up at the ceiling.”

— Mariana Zapata

292. “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

293. “They pooped. They all pooped. Every single one of them.”

— Mariana Zapata

294. “I’ll pay off your student loans and buy you a house.” I dropped my sandwich in the sink.”

— Mariana Zapata

295. “But I can’t remember anymore what it’s like to not be happy.”

— Mariana Zapata

296. “It was the greatest in its subtleties. It.”

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297. “He definitely wasn’t a Pegasus. He didn’t impress me. Plus, I had been there when his mom ripped him a new one once years ago for talking back to her, so there was that, too.”

— Mariana Zapata

298. “But most grudges were a waste of time. They were a vortex where you lost time, energy, and happiness. Time, energy, and happiness you could apply toward something that was good, something that your whole life benefited from. Something that could actually make you happy.”

— Mariana Zapata

299. “The German shook his head. “No. No more. I won’t let you down; now stop crying. It makes me nauseous.”

— Mariana Zapata

300. “You’re mine, RC. That’s not changing.”

— Mariana Zapata