“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 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 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
“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
“He shook his head and raised his gaze, his long eyelashes sweeping low as he leveled that ring of warm brown on… — Mariana Zapata 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
“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
“Sergeant Major to a young soldier: “I didn’t see you at camouflage training this morning, soldier.” Soldier: “Thank you very much, sir.”… — Mariana Zapata Fitness 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
“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 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
“forehead hit the side of his throat. His palm slid to the meatiest side of my thigh, four fingers on my hamstrings,… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“You say that as if there were anyone else in this world I would want. You have no idea what I feel… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“couple of days, and it framed his face perfectly, really making his eyes pop. “Do you trust me?” Did I trust him?… — 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 Friends to lovers Copy Share Image
“I hugged him even tighter. It was in that moment, when I was hugging him as if my life depended on it,… — 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… — 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 Love Copy Share Image
“My face went straight to between his pecs, burying itself there, cradling my face like the hardest and best-looking boobs in the… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“There it was. That fierce loyalty. He didn't have a clue how that was the most attractive thing about him. It trumped… — Mariana Zapata Dex Copy Share Image
“I'm going to break into your room when you're sleeping at night and take a shit on your face if you ever… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“I needed to go help because it was the right thing to do and because I needed to be a role model… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“Every relationship turns into a bad one unless you find somebody to stay married to you for the rest of your life.” — Mariana Zapata Life Copy Share Image
“Two drinks, no more?” “Only two,” she confirmed. To give us credit, we were both straight-faced as we recited the greatest lie… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“It was undeniable, bright and massive. It was a rainbow, a unicorn, a million-dollar lottery ticket and happiness incarnate all rolled into… — Mariana Zapata Happiness 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… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“I didn’t know why I felt so… hopeless, but I did. I wanted to absorb his words and take them to heart,… — Mariana Zapata Friendship Copy Share Image
“Mostly though, Rubes, I want to go back in time and beat every single person’s ass who’s ever made you doubt yourself,… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“I was going to murder his ass. One day. One day long after I quit, so no one would suspect me. “Aiden,”… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“Dad… I… I don’t know. I don’t even know what to think about all of it. We’re in completely different leagues. I’m… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“I would have done just about anything for you back then, even when you got on my nerves. I might have just… — Mariana Zapata Last minute 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… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“Don't ever do that to me again. I'm too young to die of a heart attack." (...) "I would say claiming you're… — 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 Love 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,… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“Right then, in that moment, Dex The Dick grinned. Grinned. And sweet mother of God, it was devastating. So completely catastrophic I… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
