“Talk was talk. Anyone could say they were Batman, but not everyone could be Batman.” — Mariana Zapata Batman Copy Share Image
“Loneliness even when you’re surrounded by others is something I understand well. I’m” — Mariana Zapata Loneliness Copy Share Image
“Beauty fades, a good personality and chemistry doesn’t. “I” — Mariana Zapata Beauty Copy Share Image
“I fell in love with the voice in the dark. No joke, no exaggeration. It was a pure, raw love.” — Mariana Zapata Love Copy Share Image
“There was only so much cranky little bitch you can handle in a day, even if it was called for.” — Mariana Zapata Bitch Copy Share Image
“I always thought you looked like mine, but you sure do fucking feel like youвҖҷre mine, too,” — Mariana Zapata Feel Copy Share Image
“In the words of a rap song my neighbor used to play on his boombox when I was a kid: Hold up,… — Mariana Zapata Music Copy Share Image
“Pair skating was about unity, about trust, timing, anticipation, and synchronization. It was about two people almost becoming one, but still somehow… — Mariana Zapata Ice skating Copy Share Image
“He shook his head and raised his gaze, his long eyelashes sweeping low as he leveled that ring of warm brown on… — Mariana Zapata Shook Head Copy Share Image
“It was a blinding kind of thing, this unbelievable friendship—this love—I had with and for him. It was mine and it made… — Mariana Zapata Friendship Copy Share Image
“love was a dream. And just like a dream, there were no assurances behind it. It didn’t grow on its own. It… — Mariana Zapata Confidence Copy Share Image
“Dex The Dick. Dex The Kind Grump was shoving his tongue down my throat. My boss. Dex. Charlie. The guy who signed… — Mariana Zapata Mariana-zapata Copy Share Image
“He's difficult, isn't he?" "That's the understatement of a lifetime," I told Franz. "What a pain in the ass. I really don't… — Mariana Zapata Difficult Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, you don't get to choose family, Sonny had told me once. But you do get to choose everyone else. In this… — Mariana Zapata Choose Copy Share Image
“forehead hit the side of his throat. His palm slid to the meatiest side of my thigh, four fingers on my hamstrings,… — Mariana Zapata Forehead Copy Share Image
“It was one thing for him to ignore me when I tried to be playful with him, or when I said “good-bye”… — Mariana Zapata Good morning Copy Share Image
“I gave him an ‘are you kidding me’ look that had him chuckling in response. “I want to see them.” “See what?”… — Mariana Zapata Chicken wings Copy Share Image
“Aiden, come on, if you beat the shit out of someone with a bat, they're going to look for suspects. Once they… — Mariana zapata Suspects Copy Share Image
“Real love was gritty. The real kind of love never quit. Someone who loved you would do what’s best for you; they’d… — Mariana Zapata Love Copy Share Image
“Grandson: Were you in the war, Grandpa? Grandpa: Yes, I was a fighter pilot. Kid’s mom: Weren’t you stationed in Illinois, Dad?… — Mariana Zapata Fighter pilot Copy Share Image
“Maybe that was the thing about love I've never understood before Aiden. Like football and art, like anything that anyone in the… — Mariana Zapata Art Copy Share Image
“A group of soldiers were standing at formation when their instructor said, “All right, all you dummies fall out.” Only one man… — Mariana Zapata Eye to eye Copy Share Image
“There was a lot of things about love that you could only learn after you’d faced the real kind. The best kind… — Mariana Zapata Love Copy Share Image
“I hadn't told him the news yet, but in that same preternatural way he was always aware of what I was feeling… — Mariana Zapata Gaze Copy Share Image
“Knew the moment I saw you, standin’ outside the shop, scared, that you were an innocent little thing. So sweet. So good.”… — Mariana Zapata Good man Copy Share Image
“My rib cage clenched all of the organs and muscles within it. It pulsed, full of life and warmth and gummy bears… — Mariana Zapata Christmas morning Copy Share Image
“Maybe that was the thing about love I never understood before Aiden. Like football and art, like anything that anyone in the… — Mariana Zapata Art Copy Share Image
“Is the sun the biggest object in space?" he asked me in an even, determined voice. I had to think about that… — Mariana Zapata Asked Copy Share Image
“Am I dying and I don’t know it?” I asked his chest. He sighed. “You better not be.” I pulled back and… — Mariana Zapata Feeling sorry Copy Share Image
“Why do you look like you just found out that Kulti guy got married again?” — Mariana Zapata Look Copy Share Image
“You couldn’t control or anticipate a person who didn’t care. They were wildcards.” — Mariana Zapata Didn Care Copy Share Image
“Dear God. If that friendship continued, I'd probably have premature hair loss in no time.” — Mariana Zapata Dear god Copy Share Image
“In that moment, I don’t think I had ever loved anything half as much as I loved Aiden.” — Mariana Zapata Moment Copy Share Image
“I lost the name my mom had so carefully chosen and became a medical term.” — Mariana Zapata Mom Copy Share Image
