“I fell in love with the voice in the dark. No joke, no exaggeration. It was a pure, raw love.” — Mariana Zapata 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 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 Copy Share Image
“What was love if it wasn’t just a single word people used to try and describe something that wasn’t easily explained or… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“No eclipse could overshadow the fact that I was absolutely in love with this guy, and it was the easiest and simplest… — Mariana Zapata 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 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 Copy Share Image
“My schnecke. My little snail, do you know that’s what it means? It’s a term of affection in my country. My love.… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“At first, you really were just a nice stranger. Then you were my friend, and I really did want you to be… — Mariana Zapata 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
“His forehead tipped forward, and before I could react, before he said another word to me, he leaned forward, forward, forward and pressed his… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“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… — Mariana Zapata 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 or thinking,… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“In that moment, I don’t think I had ever loved anything half as much as I loved Aiden.” — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“The fact that I’d gone out to buy him hemorrhoid cream a couple of times probably helped solidify the lines in our friend zone.” — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“Tall and still in fantastic shape, my poor, stupid, stupid heart gave a little thump in recognition of an attractive man. Then I stomped… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“I haven’t done a single thing in my life to deserve you, schnecke, but I will never give up on you, and I won’t… — Mariana Zapata 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 stand up… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“You couldn’t control or anticipate a person who didn’t care. They were wildcards.” — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
