Top 300 Katie McGarry Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “He has a wide gait and I struggle to appear casual as I attempt to match his stride. His shirt’s back on, which is a sin. He could definitely give Echo’s guy a run for his money in the abs department.”

— Katie McGarry

152. “My eyes met Tyler’s and a smile tugged at his lips. Tyler remembered me. I waved at him and, to continue the miracle, he waved back.”

— Katie McGarry

153. “The point I’m making is that you can choose to look at the tough moments as failures or you can choose to look at them as a bad few minutes in a good day. It’s okay to feel sorry for yourself for a few seconds, but then you need to pick yourself up and brush yourself off. If you do that, you never fail.”

— Katie McGarry

154. “She looked hurt. Hurt means she cares. It’s indifference that should scare you.”

— Katie McGarry

155. “His grip on my shoulders changes into a massage that causes me to close my eyes. He could touch me like that for the rest of my life and I’d never move.”

— Katie McGarry

156. “I know who I want to be and I want you by my side as I become that person.”

— Katie McGarry

157. “I love you, Scarlett. We’ve been connected for as long as I can remember, and I want more than a connection, I want us to make it to forever.”

— Katie McGarry

158. “I bunch Rachel’s hair in my fist. The silky strands rub the spot between my fingers and I press my lips to her head. My heart hurts and soars and hurts again, all at the same time. I said I love her. Love her.”

— Katie McGarry

159. “Lincoln’s so efficient, especially for a guy who “bends rules”.”

— Katie McGarry

160. “Pigpen earned his name as a joke because the girls fall over themselves to gain his attention. Blonde hair, blue eyes... a late twentysomething version of what I hope to be.”

— Katie McGarry

161. “He’ll put me first because he promised. I wasn’t Noah’s priority when he was seeking custody of his brothers, but he’s placed me first since then. Noah keeps his promises – always.”

— Katie McGarry

162. “The suck part about falling is that eventual crash landing.”

— Katie McGarry

163. “Damn, I could listen to that voice all night, especially if she sighs my name as I kiss the skin of her neck.”

— Katie McGarry

164. “Echo shifts, and her bottom presses into me. I take advantage and draw her closer. Her tank rides up, and I rest my palm against the heat of her stomach. I lived too long in cold isolation before Echo stumbled into my life, bringing her warmth and love.”

— Katie McGarry

165. “This love, it has been worth it – even if I’m losing a piece of my heart in the process.”

— Katie McGarry

166. “Got it.” Pigpen hugs me and I hug him back. I’d be lost without him.”

— Katie McGarry

167. “I’m proud of those words and denying the competition is like denying part of me. In front of my computer, there were no secrets, no complications – just a world that I could control.”

— Katie McGarry

168. “I touch the double row of silver hoop earrings hanging from his left ear, trail along his jawline, his neck, down his shoulder, to the flaming tail of the dragon on his arm. He leans into the caress, and my own body feels on fire with the continued way his eyes gaze upon me. The first moment I saw him, the night people clamored over each other to step out of his way, I was frightened. The guy with earrings and tattoos and an energy radiating danger. Now – inside and out – all I see is beauty.”

— Katie McGarry

169. “I’m just a girl on a midway, he’s just a boy on a midway, and not everything has to end like a daydream.”

— Katie McGarry

170. “The smile that is for me. Me alone. I go to smile back and I realize I already am. I’m smiling. My stomach clenches and the chains return. Oh God, no. I’ve fallen in love with him. I’ve done it. I’ve given him power over me.”

— Katie McGarry

171. “What happens if they discover me?” I whisper. “Let’s not find out.”

— Katie McGarry

172. “Even with his tattoo-covered arms and the double row of hoop earrings in both ears, Isaiah’s definitely one of the good guys.”

— Katie McGarry

173. “Beth feels likes this storm. Constant and persistent as a whole, but the more I get close and try to clutch the individual drops of rain, the more the water falls out of my hands.”

— Katie McGarry

174. “And if by some miracle he did manage to start the truck, Pigpen and Dust would stand around it like human cement pillars.”

— Katie McGarry

175. “There are lies in life we accept. Whether it’s for the sake of ignorance, bliss, or, in my case, survival, we all make our choices.”

— Katie McGarry

176. “He stood up for me like the prince does for the princess in the fairy tales Scott used to read to me as a child. I’m not a princess, but Ryan is a knight.”

— Katie McGarry

177. “Pigpen slips in between a group of guys and waves two fingers at the prospect behind the bar. The prospect slides two longnecks to him, and with them in hand, Pigpen motions with his chin for me to follow.”

— Katie McGarry

178. “I like how you smile and how you laugh. I like how you love and defend your family and I like how you’re trying to love mine. I love how you trust. But mostly, Emily, I love you.”

— Katie McGarry

179. “Her words slice me open. I’m not that bad. No, I’m not kittens and bunnies, but I’m not that bad.”

— Katie McGarry

180. “I don’t have Ryan’s way with words. They’re hard for me. Difficult. At least words that have emotion.”

— Katie McGarry

181. “They discuss baseball, football, basketball. Blah, blah, blah. It must be a male thing to talk about playing with balls.”

— Katie McGarry

182. “Pigpen taught me how to upload code from the internet and how to get it on people’s computers and phones so I have a back door to their network.”

— Katie McGarry

183. “Some people, like me and Violent, aren’t supposed to break up. Some people like me and Violet, don’t know how to be near each other when we do part ways.”

— Katie McGarry

184. “I barely heard her muffled comment of “Yay,” but the sarcastic jazz hands were hard to miss.”

— Katie McGarry

185. “Noah can’t stand me, but he loves me. Takes up for me. Like siblings.”

— Katie McGarry

186. “Mom has no idea how badly I wish she had been there for me. But she wasn’t and now its too late.”

— Katie McGarry

187. “Good girls like Breanna like to look, but they don’t like to touch.”

— Katie McGarry

188. “Wow. I thought I was the only person at this school faking every moment.”

— Katie McGarry

189. “Let’s who those rich pricks that talent beats money.”

— Katie McGarry

190. “Pigpen shoves off the railing and looks at me like I’ve been caught knocking back the liquor store.”

— Katie McGarry

191. “How can you fully hate someone who does all the stupid things because that’s the way he loves?”

— Katie McGarry

192. “He lifts his hand and hesitates when I shudder. His lips press together in a line. “He will pay for touching you.”

— Katie McGarry

193. “How could he love her when she’d destroyed so much?”

— Katie McGarry

194. “Go there and I swear to God you’ll have to check ‘other’ when asked if you’re male or female.”

— Katie McGarry

195. “The weight of the world isn’t on you, you know?”

— Katie McGarry

196. “There’s something more than friendship between us. A trust and love that had taken root when we were children, something that has grown, something that once took a wrong turn and had to be pruned. Something that has been allowed to reflourish and is on the verge of going wild.”

— Katie McGarry

197. “Besides me, Pigpen is the youngest guy in here and then there’s Eli.”

— Katie McGarry

198. “I don’t understand love very well and I don’t understand why someone would give it so freely.”

— Katie McGarry

199. “I love her. More than I thought I was capable of, and I would sacrifice my life for her happiness.”

— Katie McGarry

200. “To the left, Pigpen, Man O’War and Dust are laughing in a booth with my brother, Brandon.”

— Katie McGarry