Laura

“You’re using your bossy voice again.” He sighed and looked at the ceiling, his tone lightening. “Please come over for Thanksgiving?” I brightened up. “Are you positive?” That got him to dip his face a little, his breath touching my lips, his eyebrows up. My heart swelled within my chest. “Even if it didn’t make you smile like that, I’m positive.”
― Mariana Zapata, All Rhodes Lead Here

“I’m fine not being the first man she’s ever loved because I know I’m going to be the last.”
― Mariana Zapata, All Rhodes Lead Here

“You can't die on me Amos. I swear I won't be able to live with myself if you do. You're too young. You have too much left to live for. I'm not as young as you, but I've still got at least another forty years left in me. Please don't let your dad kill me either."
He tipped his head and looked at me with big, panicked eyes. "I'm going to die?" He whimpered.”
― Mariana Zapata, All Rhodes Lead Here

“You're not dumb for not knowing things," he said before crouching. "Do you have the box or a picture of it?".
He said the nicest things sometimes.”
― Mariana Zapata, All Rhodes Lead Here