Top 500 Mariana Zapata Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “But if every person weighed their dream against someone else’s, nobody would ever dream at all.”

— Mariana Zapata

352. “And you are all those things, they’re just mixed in with all those other traits I like even more.”

— Mariana Zapata

353. “It was seriously killing me. This gigantic guy carrying an eight pound dog around in his huge arms. God help us. I needed to find some puppies and pay some ripped up models to pose with them. I could make a killing if I put them on calendars.”

— Mariana Zapata

354. “I more than loved him, and that made all the difference.”

— Mariana Zapata

355. “My middle finger twitched, but I kept it under wraps and with its brothers and sisters. We.”

— Mariana Zapata

356. “You like having all those teeth in your mouth? Or you good with going home, missing a few of them?”

— Mariana Zapata

357. “My birthday? Is he gay?” Eli asked me with a confused look on his face.”

— Mariana Zapata

358. “A part of growing up was accepting that you could be nice to others but shouldn’t expect that kindness to be returned. Being nice shouldn’t require a payment.”

— Mariana Zapata

359. “Every girl I’ve ever dated has been the devil. My best friend says I’m a magnet for the crazy ones and liars. Hope you’re all right. -Aaron.”

— Mariana Zapata

360. “Not liking you is like fighting gravity.”

— Mariana Zapata

361. “Understand, I would wait for you however long you needed me to, but I hope you don’t ask me to wait any longer than the end of this season.”

— Mariana Zapata

362. “You’re asking me – oh, hell, my stomach hurts – to perform a felony, and your reasoning for having me do so is because you ‘like me as much as you like anyone,’ because you ‘don’t mind me,’ and because I’m ’even-tempered.”

— Mariana Zapata

363. “If I had to choose anyone to help me bury a body, eat dinner with, or watch television with, it would be you, every time for everything.”

— Mariana Zapata

364. “But I would never forget the way his words made me feel. The way he made me feel right then.”

— Mariana Zapata

365. “Why does Leia wear buns on her head? In case she gets hungry in a Senate meeting!”

— Mariana Zapata

366. “Maybe that’s the thing about being a parent: you can just hope what you’ve done is enough. If you care. You hope that the love you gave them, if you really tried, will stay with your child when they’re older. That they can look back on what you did and be content. You hope that they know happiness. But there’s no way of knowing, is there?”

— Mariana Zapata

367. “I was a goner from the first time you gave me hell.” Aaron smiled. “Maybe even before then.”

— Mariana Zapata

368. “I understood all the individual words in the sentence, but putting them together in that moment was the equivalent of telling a blind person you wanted them to see something real quick.”

— Mariana Zapata

369. “He stopped after taking two steps and looked over his shoulder, his gaze going to my legs. “Do you ever wear pants?” “No.” I had shorts on, damn it. Plus, this was Houston. No female wore pants in the summer unless they had to.”

— Mariana Zapata

370. “Tristan was many things. He was smoking hot, but also beautiful. He was also funny, smart, a jackass, and compassionate, among many other things. Two traits he was not: organized and neat. I’d been watching him fold his laundry for nearly twenty minutes, and I didn’t know how I managed not scream.”

— Mariana Zapata

371. “His blink was innocent, so earnest, I had no idea what to do with it. “I don’t mind you.” I don’t mind you. I started cracking up – really cracking up – and I was pretty sure it sounded like I was crying when I was really laughing.”

— Mariana Zapata

372. “I can and I am. When you love something you do whatever you need to do to protect it, isn’t that right?” He tilted his face down, making sure our eyes were meeting.”

— Mariana Zapata

373. “We’ve all made stupid mistakes in our lives, and when you get older, you’re going to make a ton of them yourself, but that’s what I want you to understand – you have to learn from what you do, the good and the bad.”

— Mariana Zapata

374. “Everything about him was serious and intent. “I know you think I wouldn’t care,” he said in that whisper voice that bled solemnness, “but I would. I do. We’re in this together.” My mouth suddenly dry, I nodded. “Yes.” “Trust me, Van. Tell me. I won’t let you down.”

— Mariana Zapata

375. “The urge to fall to the ground, rip my heart out of my chest and hold it out like a sacred offering was overwhelming. Take it! Take it all! I’d cry.”

— Mariana Zapata

376. “I couldn’t even find it in me a little bit to be embarrassed as I wrapped my arms around his waist. “I’ve wanted to do this a hundred times.” “What?” he asked quietly. “Hug you.” It took a moment, but the second his palms landed on the top of my head, I pressed my cheek against him. One of those big palms cupped the back of my head while the other landed right between my shoulder blades, and his voice was hoarse as he whispered, “Baby girl.”

— Mariana Zapata

377. “My heart had been broken, stomped on, and moved to dust just yesterday, and like the other times the same thing had happened, I knew I could regrow it. That was my other superpower. I would make myself always come back from the dumps.”

— Mariana Zapata

378. “Absence doesn’t make the heart grow fonder if there’s nothing there to begin with.”

— Mariana Zapata

379. “I know how I want you to feel, but I’m not rushing you. I know how I feel. I haven’t changed my mind about anything, especially not you. I only want you to be sure of what you want.”

— Mariana Zapata

380. “That’s why I... that’s why I’m always botherin’ you. You make everything fun. Everything good. You’ve always been my favorite girl, kiddo. Hands down.”

— Mariana Zapata

381. “Aiden hummed above my head, “I love you.” And I hummed right back, my entire soul swelling. “I know.” Because I did. “I love you, too.”

— Mariana Zapata

382. “I thought we’d decided your ex was a moron,” Rhodes murmured. “I hope someday that if I’m gone, someone loves me enough to miss me for the rest of their life.”

— Mariana Zapata

383. “And the only way you could move was by taking that first step, and sometimes it didn’t matter which direction you took it as long as you did.”

— Mariana Zapata

384. “Those murky green eyes flicked down to what I was wearing again. His voice was too steady and slow. “You open the door half naked all the time?”

— Mariana Zapata

385. “You could have just given me a band. I don’t care what everyone else thinks,” I kind of whispered as I slipped the wedding set onto the appropriate hand and finger. “I don’t care either, but I got it for you anyway.”

— Mariana Zapata

386. “I love you so much, if I can’t skate with you, I don’t want to skate with anyone else.”

— Mariana Zapata

387. “I can work anywhere, and anyway, I’m here for you, not the team. Do whatever you need to do.”

— Mariana Zapata

388. “Hey, you German bratwurst.”

— Mariana Zapata

389. “I needed to calm down. Chill out. Relax – Someone smacked my ass. I didn’t even have to turn around to see the little boy, probably around five, zipping passed me like there was no tomorrow. “Booty!” he shrieked.”

— Mariana Zapata

390. “You mean so much to me that that’s why whatever happens doesn’t really matter to me. Not like it used to. Not like it ever will again,” he finished, pressing his forehead against mine, his eyes intense and heartbreaking. “You’re not ever going to be anyone else’s partner. Not while I’m alive, Meatball. I will drag your stubborn, beautiful ass kicking and screaming back to me because nobody else will ever be good enough for you.”

— Mariana Zapata

391. “There was nothing worse than comparing yourself to another woman because there was always going to be something that they had that you didn’t.”

— Mariana Zapata

392. “Grief was the final way we had to tell our loved ones that they’d impacted our lives. That we missed them so, so much. And there was nothing wrong with me mourning my mom for the rest of mine, even as I carried her love and her life in my heart. I had to live, but I could also remember along the way.”

— Mariana Zapata

393. “I’m fine not being the first man she’s ever loved because I know I’m going to be the last.”

— Mariana Zapata

394. “Nobody else is going to watch out for you but you.”

— Mariana Zapata

395. “I’ve seen you in your underwear and combed nits out of your hair, baby. I think we’re past that.”

— Mariana Zapata

396. “Before you, it’d been nobody. So just because I don’t know what your mouth tastes like yet doesn’t mean I haven’t thought about it. Doesn’t mean I’m not going to.”

— Mariana Zapata

397. “Fine, but I don’t want to make you feel weird either.” His reply was low and steady. “I’ve seen you in your underwear and combed nits out of your hair, baby. I think we’re past that.” I focused on one thing and one thing only. Baby? Me?”

— Mariana Zapata

398. “Nothing about his expression or body language gave me a warning. “She’s my wife.” Time stopped. What the hell did he just say? “Handle it for me, would you, Muffin?” Aiden asked casually, digging into his back pocket and handing over his wallet like he hadn’t just said the freaking ‘W’ word in front of strangers.”

— Mariana Zapata

399. “Because it was easy to forget that love was complicated. That someone could love you and want the best for you, and at the same time, break you in half.”

— Mariana Zapata

400. “The German gave an exaggerated sigh. “You are my best friend.”

— Mariana Zapata