Top 500 Mariana Zapata Quotes (2025 Update)
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251. “It helped that my mom had always told me I was pretty just the way I was, even if I didn’t always completely believe her. That’s the kind of thing moms said. She’d even told my brothers they were handsome and those two looked like gremlins.”

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252. “Before I’d even locked it, he was climbing onto my bed and reclining against the headboard. My mind said, “Danger!” But my ovaries screamed, “Naked! Now!”

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253. “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.”

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254. “What did you want me to do? Ask him for money?”

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

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256. “He’s lucky I didn’t grab a chair and go WWE on his ass.”

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257. “I was jealous. Horribly, stupidly, pathetically jealous.”

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258. “I am the man that I am, and I have done things that I’ve done, to get me to you.”

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259. “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.”

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260. “I thought broken things couldn’t help but love other broken things.”

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261. “His forehead tipped forward, and before I could react, before he said another word to me, he leaned forward, forward, forward and pressed his mouth just to the side of my mouth. A peck. A shot better than tequila, made up of friendship and affection and organic sugar.”

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262. “Trust me, I’ve wanted to punch you in the face a time or five.”

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263. “I don’t know what I’m doing with you half the time.” Sacha snickered almost lazily. “I like you so much it makes me stupid.”

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264. “Eyes up here, Taco.”

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265. “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.”

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266. “I can’t sleep,” the little boy admitted, still whispering like he was trying not to wake me up even more than he already had by scaring the Holy Spirit and a couple drops of pee out of me.”

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267. “Danish ancestry.”

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268. “I fist-pumped in my brain because sane people don’t do that in real life.”

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269. “I was a chicken, but I wasn’t a quitter.”

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270. “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.”

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271. “I fisted my hand. “You don’t – you’ve never even had a girlfriend.” “So? Want me to lie and tell you I’ve had a couple dozen? Or you good with knowing it’ll only be you?” Well. Hell. “You’re too young. You’re too sweet. You’re too good for me. But I’m done standing around trying to suck up all the goodness you make me feel without you even knowing, Luna. You are my girl. Just you. Nobody else ever has or will be.”

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272. “It was about everything. About life and death, and white and black and gray. It was about having to be tough when you weren’t used to it. About having to grow when you’d thought you were done growing. In the back of my head, I knew what I’d said didn’t make any damn sense. But how could I explain? How could I begin to tell him that I had lost a part of myself with my brother’s death, and I was trying so hard to keep what I had left together with duct tape and paper clips?”

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

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

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275. “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.”

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

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

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278. “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.”

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

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

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281. “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.”

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

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

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284. “Finally, Aiden shrugged those massive, rounded shoulders and made sure our gazes met. “I like you as much as I like anyone.”

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

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

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287. “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.”

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288. “How do you not know that you mean the world to me? I haven’t made it clear enough?” “I don’t know,” I stuttered. “Do you love me?” His gaze was so intent the entire world seemed to stop. “You tell me. I never stop thinking about you. I worry about you all the time. Every beautiful thing I see reminds me of.”

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289. “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.”

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

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

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

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293. “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.”

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294. “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.”

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295. “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.”

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296. “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.”

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297. “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.”

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298. “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.”

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299. “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.”

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300. “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.”

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