The Things We Water Quotes

“The people who are the hardest to love are usually the ones who need it the most.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“life was 10 percent of the things that happened in it, and 90 percent how you handled those things.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“Regardless, asking a person’s heritage was the equivalent of someone asking what color your nipples were or how big your penis was.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“Maybe some people thought you shouldn’t be attracted to possessive people”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“His cute ears went even more crimson, turning a color that made me think of Duncan’s eyes, and he shook his head very slowly. “Fluffy Blackrock, are you rich?” I whispered.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“He shook his head. “I never want anything. I never ask anyone for anything. My entire life has been in preparation for taking care of everything and everyone, and for the first time… for the first time, I’ve got someone around that feels more mine than anybody else I’ve ever met. For the first time, I’ve found something I want.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“Henri freaking nodded. Those long fingers curled around my keys, and he palmed them. “I don’t know where I’m going,” he let me know. “I won’t go far.” “I don’t need to know.” I shooed him. “Go. I’ve got this. My job is dealing with upset people. It’s a science, and I’m nice, but I’m not that much of a pushover. The customer isn’t always right when they’re shopping at the Nina Trading Company. A little tough love never killed anybody. Go.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“I dropped my voice. “But if they try to take him against his wishes, you’ll rip their spines out?” He lifted a hand and dragged it down his handsome face before pinning me with his amber eyes. Henri almost huffed. “No. No one is ripping out anyone’s spine, Nina.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“He was glaring forward. The angle of his jaw was strained, and I was pretty sure the muscle between his cheek and ear was kind of bulging. His bone structure gave him a striking profile. I had to stop checking him out sometime soon. “You all right, Fluffy?” I asked him, noticing that his lips were pinched. “Yes.” I called BS on that from the way his back molars seemed clamped together at the moment, but all right. “Okay.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“Someone told me once that life was 10 percent of the things that happened in it, and 90 percent how you handled those things.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“I would’ve climbed into his lap if he let me. Cut it out, Nina.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“After that, how long do I have before I’d need to marry someone?” “One year,” one of the women answered. I kicked Matti before I could stop myself. A laugh burst right out of me, and I kicked him one more time for the hell of it. My leg was still throbbing. “A year is a lifetime.” I was relieved.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“But when you’re young, all you want to do is fit in. And when you’re older, you’ve accepted who you are, and you just want to be left alone. Funny how that worked.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“Sienna’s face lit up. “There’s a ‘but’? What is it? Do you have to shave your head to live there? Animal sacrifice? Are they polygamous? Because I can’t see you having sister wives.” My eyes strayed to Matti’s. He smiled, and then I smiled.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“Matti wasn’t short at six foot three, but Henri was taller by a couple inches minimum.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“Just because one person couldn’t love me didn’t mean someone else couldn’t.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“I don’t want to be your friend.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“But that was life in general.
My parents had left their parents, and then I'd left mine, and that was the way things were. But it didn't mean anyone forgot. It didn't mean there weren't visits. That anyone was really, truly left behind. That there wasn't love.
You could never forget love.
Love was the one thing that could survive illness and distance, and even time.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“As much as I love this land, I don't think I could let it keep me from you.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“Maybe you cried before you saw the good in them, but that was hindsight.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“Who…?” His nostrils flared. “Who did that to you?”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“Good,” he grumbled. Good? His nostrils flared just a little. “You smell like mine now.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water

“Everyone here is mine.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Things We Water