Mariana Zapata Quotes & Sayings

When I was a kid, I learned the hard way how expensive the truth was. Sometimes it cost you people in your life. Sometimes it cost you things in your life. And in this life, most people were too cheap to pay the price for something as valuable as honesty. — Mariana Zapata

I could play in front of thousands of people, but the instant cameras got within ten feet of me, I just shut down. I was like the Ricky Bobby of the WPL. — Mariana Zapata

Destiny is a ladder, a series of steps that takes you where you're supposed to go. — Mariana Zapata

He'd been buck naked and had yelled like I'd gone in there to kill him, screaming with two hands covering his privates, "Don't look at my nuggets! — Mariana Zapata

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

no one was impervious to Little Foot losing his mom. Nobody. — Mariana Zapata

Beauty fades, a good personality and chemistry doesn't. "I — Mariana Zapata

You can't always wait for someone else to do the right thing when you can do it yourself. — Mariana Zapata

Extra money? I never said no to extra money. Unless it required a blowjob. — Mariana Zapata

Sassy, that lady totally wanted to scramble your eggs. — Mariana Zapata

If I kept on looking at his bare chest any longer, I'd officially earn my Hussy Merit Badge. — Mariana Zapata

love was a dream. 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 — Mariana Zapata

The only people in the world who can hurt you are those you let have that ability, — Mariana Zapata

What did you want me to do? Ask him for money? — Mariana Zapata

There it was. That fierce loyalty. He didn't have a clue how that was the most attractive thing about him. It trumped his face, his ink, his body, everything. Dex Locke was true. He was grounded. — Mariana Zapata

The German shook his head. "No. No more. I won't let you down; now stop crying. It makes me nauseous. — Mariana Zapata

Remember that idiotic question you asked me in the car? About what would happen when you can't play soccer any longer?" He didn't wait for any acknowledgment. "Nothing would happen. We would have a different adventure to go on. You are my best friend, my love, my playmate and my teammate. You'll have a team with me wherever we are, with whatever we are playing. — Mariana Zapata

Aiden, on the other hand, wasn't paying — Mariana Zapata

Then he did it, he crossed the line again. "Sal - Sal, don't tell anyone, but you're my favorite. — Mariana Zapata

Right then, in that moment, Dex The Dick grinned. Grinned. And sweet mother of God, it was devastating. So completely catastrophic I just stood there and absorbed the nuclear bomb going off in front of me, defenseless. — Mariana Zapata

My grandma had told me once you couldn't make someone love you or even like you, but you could sure as hell make someone put up with you. — Mariana Zapata

I was going to murder his ass. One day. One day long after I quit, so no one would suspect me. — Mariana Zapata

If my good mood were a raft named Gaby, it seemed like it was on the verge of sinking. — Mariana Zapata

Back when I'd been sick, I'd always dreaded hearing other words. Spread. Lymph nodes. Amputation. Those words, those possibilities, make you grow up quick. They made me remember to prioritize correctly, to value and appreciate. But mainly the branches of those words scared me so much, I wanted to live even if it wasn't always going to be fun and games. — Mariana Zapata

Not liking you is like fighting gravity. — Mariana Zapata

My birthday? Is he gay?" Eli asked me with a confused look on his face. — Mariana Zapata

Home is whete you are. I would go anywhere for you if you wanted me to be there. — Mariana Zapata

I hadn't just backed up the toilet; I'd made the septic tank flood the house. — Mariana Zapata

I loved him and it wasn't even a little bit. It was a lotta bit. — Mariana Zapata

He was lucky I had a tiny, itty, bitty crush on him; otherwise, he would have gotten the shank years ago. Then — Mariana Zapata

Someone who makes me laugh." The twitching went into overdrive. "Are you making stuff up?" Because, really? Kulti laughing? Ha. — Mariana Zapata

didn't realize I was crying until the tears hit my chin and plummeted to my shirt. Fire burned my nose. Five-six-seven-eight-nine-ten-eleven-twelve-thirteen-and-fourteen-year-old Vanessa all came back to me with the same feeling that had been so strong in those years: hurt. The Vanessa who was fifteen and older had felt a different emotion for so long: anger. Anger at my mom's selfishness. Anger at her for not being able to clean her act up until years after we'd been taken away from her. Anger for being let down for so long, time and time again. — Mariana Zapata

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

You've gotta be the best thing I never knew I wanted. — Mariana Zapata

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

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

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

bottle of boxed wine — Mariana Zapata

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

You couldn't control or anticipate a person who didn't care. They were wildcards. — Mariana Zapata

I couldn't even find it in me to be annoyed — Mariana Zapata

Dex The Dick. Dex The Kind Grump was shoving his tongue down my throat. My boss. Dex. Charlie. The guy who signed my paychecks. — Mariana Zapata

Ovaries. Where were my ovaries? — Mariana Zapata

Kat! Look at this!" my best friend squealed, turning around, holding a huge glass dildo in her hand. Oh, my God. How did I ever let her drag me to a fucking porn convention? — Mariana Zapata

What a cocky little turd. I — Mariana Zapata

What no one tells you is that the road to accomplishing your goals isn't a straight line; it looks more like a corn maze. You stopped, you went, you backed up, and took a few wrong turns along the way, but the important thing you had to remember was that there was an exit. Somewhere. You just couldn't give — Mariana Zapata

I'm about five seconds away from going to kick Jonathan's mom's ass, and then kicking her mom's ass afterward to teach them both a lesson. — Mariana Zapata

Being judged and found lacking by the people who were supposed to love you never left anyone feeling all right. — Mariana Zapata

Kill them with kindness. — Mariana Zapata

But I can't remember anymore what it's like to not be happy. — Mariana Zapata

I need a friend - I need you. — Mariana Zapata

There are some things you couldn't say with words. — Mariana Zapata

Trust me, I've wanted to punch you in the face a time or five. — Mariana Zapata

What was that saying? When life gives you lemons, go to a taco stand. — Mariana Zapata

If something happened to you, I wouldn't be okay. I would never be okay. — Mariana Zapata

There was a lot of things about love that you could only learn after you'd faced the real kind. The best kind wasn't this soft, sweet thing of hearts and picnics. It wasn't flowery and divine. 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. You didn't know what love was until someone was willing to give up what they loved the most for you. But it was also never letting them make that choice, either. — Mariana Zapata

What would I gain from telling you the first moment I realized you were meant to be mine? Nothing. You're supposed to protect what you love, Sal. You taught me that. I didn't wake up one day and know I didn't want to live without your horrible temper. I saw so much of me in you at first, but you aren't like me at all. You're you, and I will go to my grave before I let anyone change any part of you. I know that without a doubt in my mind. This," he pointed between us. "This is what matters. — Mariana Zapata

Since when do I keep track of your dinner roll?" he replied in a voice that definitely wasn't a whisper. Did that asshole just call me fat? — Mariana Zapata

Do you love me?', I asked him like I did every night just to hear him say it. — Mariana Zapata

Mostly though, Rubes, I want to go back in time and beat every single person's ass who's ever made you doubt yourself, because the girl who makes me smile 'til my face hurts even on a shit day needs to see that in herself. I feel like I owe it to you." Aaron — Mariana Zapata

Like football and art, like anything that anyone in the world has ever wanted, love was a dream. 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. And it could be forever with someone who wasn't afraid to never give up on the possibilities it presents. — Mariana Zapata

I'm going to break into your room when you're sleeping at night and take a shit on your face if you ever forget to hold the door open for another person again. — Mariana Zapata

Don't put me into that position because I know she"-he tipped his head toward me-"only bites when she has to, and I will always take her side. Are we clear on that? — Mariana Zapata

This huge, blinding forest fire of happiness filled my chest when I was around him. — Mariana Zapata

I wasn't one to usually show off Lucy and Ethel because I was self-conscious of them, but money was money. — Mariana Zapata

What the fuck was wrong with me, I wondered. I wished there was a version of Pepto Bismol for verbal diarrhea, because I'd invest in it. My — Mariana Zapata

He annoyed me, but I was also annoyed with myself for letting his attitude bother me. All — Mariana Zapata

You're mine, RC. That's not changing. — Mariana Zapata

A fan of that ass, more than likely, I figured. — Mariana Zapata

was right then that I knew I'd called the wrong person. I should have dialed Oscar, my slightly younger brother, instead. He was the levelheaded one in my life, the basketball player studying mechanical engineering. — Mariana Zapata

Baby, just 'cuz you're cute doesn't mean I wasn't bein' serious about spankin' your tight little ass for doin' dumb shit, Ritz. You do it again, and you're gonna get it. — Mariana Zapata

You can't break apart love's properties and make it something it's not. I knew that now. A — Mariana Zapata

He was aloe vera, rough and prickly on the outside, but the inside held all the gooey goodness. — Mariana Zapata

Hell, better than watching Robby Lingus porn. — Mariana Zapata

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

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

It sure as hell wasn't saying the first, because I told my stupid heart right then as I sat on the floor with my eyes squeezed shut, Heart, I'm not playing with your shit today, tomorrow, or a year from now. Quit it. — Mariana Zapata

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? — Mariana Zapata

holyshitit'sKultistandingrightthere. Poop. He poops. He poops. Right. That was all I needed to snap out of it. I pictured an image of him sitting on the porcelain throne to remind me he was just a normal man with needs like everyone. I — Mariana Zapata

Life was all about choices. You chose what to make out of what you had. And I wasn't going to let it make me its bitch. I could be a mature adult who knew her limits. I could be a good person. Maybe not all the time, but enough. — Mariana Zapata

It was the greatest in its subtleties. It — Mariana Zapata

My name is Kat Berger, and I love porn. There is nothing wrong with enjoying watching two people fuck. — Mariana Zapata

I'd never been a big fan of that saying, "Everything happens for a reason," but maybe, sometimes, every once in a while, things coalesced into a complex, intangible reason. With tattoos and piercings and bad words and unfailing loyalty topped with a temper. And in its own imperfect way, it couldn't have been any better. — Mariana Zapata

requisite for a future boyfriend or husband. — Mariana Zapata

My middle finger twitched, but I kept it under wraps and with its brothers and sisters. We — Mariana Zapata

Just like I tell the boys, we don't play for one single run, we play to win the whole game. And I'm in it to win it. — Mariana Zapata

when you have love, you find a way to make things work. — Mariana Zapata

If I couldn't stand up for what I believed in, then I wasn't the person I strived to be. — Mariana Zapata

Just as I opened the door, and before I could talk myself out of it, I mouthed, "I deserve better, asshole," making sure he read my lips as I did it. Then I raised my middle finger up at him and waved good-bye with it. I hope they both got syphilis. — Mariana Zapata

Oh, I'd heard him. Loud and clear. That was why I wanted to kill him.
Which basically showed how amazing the human mind was; how you could care about someone but want to slit his or her throat at the same time. Like having a sister who you wanted to punch right in the ovaries. You still loved her, you just wanted to sock her right in the baby-maker to teach her a lesson - not that I knew from experience or anything. — Mariana Zapata

Someone could tell you that they loved you every day, but still lie and cheat. Or they could never say those three words, but be there for you every day and be more than you ever wanted or dreamed. He wasn't warm or cuddly, quiet or particularly nice to others, but he was nice to me, and in my heart I knew he would stand by me every time I needed him. — Mariana Zapata

Apparently, she had gobbled up the information like a hooker would a penis. — Mariana Zapata

From what I'd seen in such a short amount of time, the tattoos weren't just random crap people would regret when they were elderly. The pieces clients got seemed to be so much more than that. They were memorials and declarations. They were outpourings of love and pain. Letters and images, icons and symbolism, personal and eternal. It — Mariana Zapata

Because every relationship will end up one of two ways: you'll end up breaking up, or you end up
marrying the person. And I don't like wasting my time. — Mariana Zapata

Knew the moment I saw you, standin' outside the shop, scared, that you were an innocent little thing. So sweet. So good." He lowered his head to take my chin between his teeth. "You got no idea what it's like for you to give me your trust, Ritz. If I was a good man I'd tell you to find somebody better, somebody that won't lose their shit over an asshole eye fuckin' you." His tongue traced the oval shape of my chin. "But I'm not a good man, and I'm gonna take everythin' you want to give me and everythin' you don't. — Mariana Zapata

Home is where you are. I would go anywhere for you if you wanted me there. — Mariana Zapata

It was right then, in that instant, that I realized I might be a little in love with Aiden. Not in a way that was anything like the easy crush I had on him in the past, but different. So, so different. — Mariana Zapata

but everyone knew there was no controlling Eli Barreto. The idiot had been born with hell in his veins. — Mariana Zapata

All I could think about as I stood there was that sometimes life gave you a tragedy that burned everything you knew to the ground and changed you completely. But somehow, if you really wanted to, you could learn how to hold your breath as you made your way through the smoke left in its wake and you could keep going. And sometimes, sometimes, you could grow something beautiful from the ashes that were left behind. If you were lucky. — Mariana Zapata

Diana, would you marry someone for money?" I asked her out of the blue one afternoon during her lunch break. Without missing a beat, she made a contemplative noise. "It depends.How much money?"
It was right then I knew I'd called the wrong person. I should have dialed Oscar, my slightly younger brother, instead. He'd always been wise beyond his years. Diana...not so much.
I only told her the partial truth. "What if someone bought you a house?"
She "hmmed" and then "hmmed" a little more. "A nice house?"
"It wouldn't be a mansion, you greedy whore, but I'm not talking about a dump or anything either." I figured at least. — Mariana Zapata