Top 500 Mariana Zapata Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “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

302. “Plus, it could be worse. Things could always be worse. I tried to never forget that.”

— Mariana Zapata

303. “Beauty fades, a good personality and chemistry doesn’t. “I.”

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304. “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

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

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306. “What a cocky little turd. I.”

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

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308. “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

309. “Eli flicked me off over his shoulder as he walked a little further inside. “I’m gonna fart on your pillow and hope you get stink eye,” he muttered.”

— Mariana Zapata

310. “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

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

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

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

— Mariana Zapata

315. “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

316. “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

317. “There was a lot of things about love that you could only learn after you’d faced the real kind.”

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

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319. “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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320. “Come on then, shy boy, before your balls start receding back into your body too,” I told him. That had him snapping his eyes open to glare at me, his face scrunched up. “Hopefully my hand doesn’t slip.” “Hopefully I don’t lose my balance and my foot goes up your ass – ” “Okay! All right! Let’s start you two,” Coach Lee hollered, and I didn’t need to look at her to know she was shaking her head.”

— Mariana Zapata

321. “I woke up screaming. Or pretty close to screaming, considering I was still getting over a cold I’d caught from Josh two weeks ago that had left me sounding like a chain-smoker going through puberty.”

— Mariana Zapata

322. “Something warm touched my mouth later, and I’d swear I heard, “Drink it, baby,” whispered to me. And I drank it all. Whatever the hell it was.”

— Mariana Zapata

323. “Home is where you are. I would go anywhere for you if you wanted me there.”

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324. “I would much rather take someone being blunt and hurting my feelings in the process, than let me down.”

— Mariana Zapata

325. “You do whatever you have to do for the people you love.”

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326. “I wanted someone to love me like that. I wanted you to love me like that.”

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327. “Walking toward us, he tipped his chin down to nuzzle the puppy before stopping in front of me and dipping his cheek to plant a soft, dry kiss on my cheek that had me rooted in place.”

— Mariana Zapata

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

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

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330. “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

331. “My brother had pulled one of our mom’s largest crucifixes off the wall and held it in the air at me while he hissed, “I banish thee!”

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332. “An escape sometimes, anything is welcome even if you think it’s boring because it’s probably not compared to things here.”

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333. “If you can’t worry about losing something you find precious, it probably isn’t all that valuable to you in the first place.”

— Mariana Zapata

334. “And it could be forever with someone who wasn’t afraid to never give up on the possibilities it presents.”

— Mariana Zapata

335. “You’ll never meet anybody more loyal than him, Van, and I don’t know anybody better that Aiden could have ended up with. You might be the only person in the world who can put up with his ass. I just hope you two do something about it and not waste time.”

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336. “You didn’t find real things by looking, usually.”

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337. “He was the end to my beginning.”

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338. “Nobody in their right mind would let you walk away from them. Not once and no way in hell twice, angel.”

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339. “A coach of mine used to say that no one likes a sore loser.” My eyebrows went into a straight line. “I find it hard to believe that you listened to him.” His brown eyebrows went up and a hint of an angelic, serene look took over his features. “I didn’t. I’m only telling you what I have been told, Taquito.” What a smart-ass.”

— Mariana Zapata

340. “Do what you have to do to be happy, okay? No one else is going to do it for you.”

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341. “I was loved, I had a home, I had a job, and it was Friday. There wasn’t much else I really needed.”

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342. “A fan of that ass, more than likely, I figured.”

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343. “Gardner led practices with the assistance of the fitness coach and one of the other assistants while the infamous frankfurter did what he always did: a whole bunch of nothing.”

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344. “It changes the way you see things and people when you get teased for being yourself, like you’ve got some other choice in the matter.”

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345. “Did you steal my damn heart, run off with it, and say I’ll see ya later? ‘Cause the answer to that is yes.”

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346. “You know your reputation is just what everyone else thinks of you, your character is what you really are.”

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347. “I want you to be safe because you matter to me. You think I bring my partners to my house? You think I let them into my life? You think I spend time with their families? I don’t, and I never have.”

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348. “Aiden, on the other hand, wasn’t paying.”

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349. “Reiner Kulti hadn’t known he was supposed to fall head over heels in love with me one day.”

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350. “Loneliness was a hemorrhoid you couldn’t see but could always feel was there.”

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