Top 300 Katie McGarry Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Eli’s your biological father, but I’m your dad. I’m not asking you to stay here forever. A week. Maybe two. You decide the length, no matter what Eli thinks. I’ll miss you every second you’re away and we’ll talk as often as you want. I want you to discover your biological family, but I’m your dad and you’re my little girl. Always.”

— Katie McGarry

52. “That must be love: when everything else in the world could implode and you wouldn’t care as long as you had that one person standing beside you.”

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53. “Someday, she’ll trust me enough to tell me the truth. For now, I’ll be that home she lost – I’ll be that soft, secure place where she can land.”

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54. “Ya he perdido un pedazo de mi mente. No puedo confiarle a usted lo que queda.”

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55. “I don’t touch people and they don’t touch me.”

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56. “Speaking out takes courage, but fear can make a compelling argument. I’m not saying it will be easy, but telling the truth gives you power... It sets you free.”

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57. “I can’t keep living like this. I can’t keep being who everyone wants me to be.”

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58. “How could I have been so blind? He never left me. My brother – he never left.”

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59. “Craving a physical connection, I slide my finger along the back of Rachel’s hand. She’s asleep. Has been for a while. Curled in the fetal position in the middle of my bed, Rachel wears the mask of a ravaged person. Somehow, I missed the signs: dark circles under her eyes, the clothes that once fit perfectly now hang, her skin so pale it’s translucent.”

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60. “Her shoulders never shook. No tears streamed down her face. The worst type of crying wasn’t the kind everyone could see – the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it. A section withered and became a scar on the part of your soul that survived.”

— Katie McGarry

61. “The worst kind of crying wasn’t the kind everyone could see- the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it.”

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62. “This is heartbreaking and consuming and addictive. It’s terrifying and peaceful, crazy and serene. It’s a million things in one brief moment and it’s something I don’t understand and never want to live without.”

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63. “It’s hard to believe she’s the same girl from Taco Bell. Beth was hard and shut down that night. The girl on my bed is open and soft.”

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64. “I promise I’ll take care of you,” he whispers. “You’re safe with me.” Even with an army of motorcycle guys outside that door, I firmly believe him.”

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65. “My mind’s a frightening place, the playland for fallen angels.”

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66. “I watched you battle against the worst memory of your life and I watched you win. Make no mistake, Echo. I battled right beside you.”

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67. “If you’re scared, tell me. If you need to cry and scream, then do it. And you sure as hell don’t walk away from us because you think it would be better for me. Here’s the reality, Echo: I want to be by your side. If you want to go to the mall stark naked so you can show the world your scars, then let me hold your hand. If you want to see your mom, then tell me that too. I may not always understand, but damn, baby, I’ll try.”

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68. “Sometimes what we need the most is what we fight the hardest: change.”

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69. “A warm, tickling touch crashed me back to earth. Maybe it sent me straight to heaven. Either way, it dragged me out of hell.”

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70. “How many more of us are faking the facade? How many more of us are pretending to be something we’re not? Even better, how many of us will have the courage to be ourselves regardless of what others think?”

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71. “Baby, you’ve got enough strength and tenacity to take down drug dealers. You’ll be fine.”

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72. “Less than a year and a half ago, the guy was crawling around in the muck in some foreign country as an Army Ranger. Even though he was recruited by the army for his mad computer skills, it was a bullet in the shoulder and chest he took saving someone in his squad that brought him home for good. The brother is damn lethal.”

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73. “I can’t think straight when you ’re this close.”

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74. “The devil dances with those who walk alone on an edge.”

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75. “I’m done being the grown-up. For a few minutes I want to be the kid. I want my mom. I just want my mom.”

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76. “My grandpa once told me never to provoke an injured bear, especially one nursing its wounds, but sometimes the bear needs to be poked.”

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77. “Things are complicated. No doubt. But we’ll battle through this. We have to. Giving up is not an option.”

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78. “Noah drew me closer to him. “It’s okay. I’ve got you.”

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79. “Because the only way anyone will ever be okay with me is if they love me. Really love me enough to not care that I’m damaged.”

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80. “An hour ago, I never would have thought that someone like him could be my savior, but he is. What type of person would I be if I left my savior behind. “I’m not leaving you behind.”

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81. “They need a moment together and, having nothing but time, I sit on the top step and wonder if I’ll find someone who will understand and accept this life like my mother.”

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82. “She’s my daughter. The only one I have and the only child I’ll ever have. I see the fear in her eyes, I sense her hesitancy, but when I get her to smile it makes up for all those moments in between. I got this one chance. My last chance. I don’t want to blow what little time I have left with her so no, I don’t want anyone rocking her world.”

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83. “Once an insult like that has been released, there’s no way to take it back. It becomes one more cut on my soul.”

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84. “Cyrus may have been voted in by the members as president, but everyone knows that Eli is the chief of this tribe. Not because that’s how he wants it, it’s because every man who wears a Terror cut respects the hell out of him. But because of Eli’s stint in prison, he can’t hold an official office.”

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85. “I love Ryan. I’m in love with him. I love how he smiles. I love how he moves. I love his hands on my body and his lips on mine. I love how he laughs. I love how he makes me laugh. I love how he can smooth away the roughness and make me feel like someone worth loving.”

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86. “For once in my life, I’d love to be myself around everyone else and be accepted for who I am instead of staying silent for fear of people mocking me.”

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87. “There’s no one who has ever gotten me the way you do. No one who understands this land like you either. I’ve messed up in the past, but I promise, I won’t mess up again. I’m here, and I promise I’m never going away.”

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88. “Hate the sin, not the sinner, isn’t that what good people say? Or are you asking yourself at what point does the sin overtake the sinner?”

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89. “I want this gift to prove that I know her and that I see beyond black hair and nose rings and cut-up jeans. I see her as she really is – I see Beth.”

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90. “Don’t let your fears create walls or define you.”

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91. “There are times when you stand on the cusp of moments so huge, you know you’ll remember them forever. This is that moment for me and for Ryan.”

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92. “Pain is what makes you grow, it’s what makes you mature, it’s what helps lead you to the path you are meant to be on. If everything is good all the time, there would never be change.”

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93. “Which is great, since my English teacher hates late students like I hate riding my motorcycle in forty-degree weather while it rains.”

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94. “I’m scared of a ton of things and all of them have to do with losing the people I love.” He pauses. “I learned a long time ago that I can’t control everything and now I’m learning I can’t control death. Sometimes I feel cursed. Like I get to watch everyone I love slip through my fingers.”

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95. “She’s so beautiful it hurts. Golden blond hair flows past her shoulders. Those gorgeous violet eyes shouldn’t be so wide with fear. I’ve dreamed of being this close to her again. I ache to gather her in my arms and keep her safe from the world... to be her protector, but I can’t be that man.”

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96. “I’m already half-dust, Hayley, and I’m tired of trying to hold together what’s left.”

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97. “If you want out of the box you hide in, then you need to crack open the flaps and bask in some sunlight.”

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98. “You’ve been asleep for a very long time,” she whispers. “It’s time to wake up, Scarlett. There’s a whole world of possibility waiting for you.”

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99. “People who live in the luxury of a steady paycheck and food in their bellies get too caught up in right and wrong, moral and immoral, good and bad, heroes and villains, even truth and lies. As if we’re all either one or the other. As if we all have a choice. As if I have a choice. But I don’t believe in choices. I believe in survival.”

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100. “There are moments when your heart breaks and melts at the same time. When there’s so much love flooding your soul that you’re drowning in the tide. This is that moment with Noah.”

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