Top 300 Katie McGarry Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “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

152. “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

153. “She relaxed, fitting perfectly into my body. In the crisp, cold February air, we swayed together, moving to our own personal beat. For one moment, we escaped hell. No teachers, no therapist, no well-meaning friends, no nightmares-just the two of us, dancing.”

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

155. “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

156. “It’s what I’ve been trained to do. It’s what’s expected of me. To be responsible. To follow the rules. To make logical decisions and to use this precious brain, but Razor’s teaching me there’s more to me than logic- there’s also a ton of passion.”

— Katie McGarry

157. “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.”

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

160. “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

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

— Katie McGarry

162. “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

163. “Isaiah and I were meant to be friends and now I’m losing my only friend.”

— Katie McGarry

164. “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

165. “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

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

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

168. “Don’t you dare ever hope for more. There’s no such thing as living happily ever after or pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. The world is how it is and there always has to be bottom-feeders. People like you and me, we’re it, and the world might want us to believe we can have more, but the moment we try to break out of the water they’ll shove us down into the mud. It’s better to know the truth. It hurts less if you accept society’s crappy rules.”

— Katie McGarry

169. “By listening, I found a person loyal to those she loves. It was the first unedited glimpse into a girl that holds everything inside.”

— Katie McGarry

170. “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

171. “Pigpen pulls off the gravel road near the house and severs the engine. I go to open the door and he stops me. “Talk to me a second, and I don’t mean me talking and you nodding your head like that’s acceptable conversation.”

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

174. “Thomas make it easy to cave to temptation with his golden – blond hair, muscle from head to toe and sexy brooding expression a few girls have written about in poems.”

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

176. “Dammit – the overgrown ape. Just when I’d started to manipulate Echo back into my corner, her loser boyfriend swooped in and draped an arm around her shoulder.”

— Katie McGarry

177. “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

178. “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

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

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

181. “We’re human, and we’re built to make mistakes. Success isn’t making the right choice every time. Success is trying again after you’ve failed.”

— Katie McGarry

182. “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

183. “Pigpen’s on the move.”

— Katie McGarry

184. “Lila stretches the hem of her tank top over her hips as she moves toward me. When she sits, it’s with her thigh melting against mine. Her heat radiates past my jeans to my skin. Every single cell within my body sizzles to life. Play this right, Lincoln. She deserves a man, not a boy.”

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

186. “This isn’t me giving him a memory. This is me giving him my heart.”

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

189. “As much as you want to, you can’t take all our pain away. Hurting, it’s a part of life, and if you try to stop any of us from being in pain, that means you’re not allowing us to actually live.”

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

191. “You okay, brother?” Pigpen asks.”

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

194. “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

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

— Katie McGarry

196. “Running is still running. It doesn’t matter if it’s a physical move from one place to another or if it’s to within yourself.”

— Katie McGarry

197. “Two roads. One path. Can’t take both.”

— Katie McGarry

198. “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

199. “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

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

— Katie McGarry