Top 300 Katie McGarry Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “Besides me, Pigpen is the youngest guy in here and then there’s Eli.”

— Katie McGarry

202. “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

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

— Katie McGarry

204. “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

205. “A bead of liquid appears at her hairline and slides down her face. When it hits her cheek, I can’t tell if the drop is from the beer or from her eyes. My hand moves, the need to touch her more powerful than thought. Before I know what I’m doing, I wipe away the wetness.”

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

207. “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

208. “I should run, but I’m paralyzed by the sight of him. Even moving slowly, Isaiah possesses the prowess of a panther. His muscles pronounced in the easy way he strides. The set, determined gaze on me as his prey. This only proves how weak I am. Like the animal on the verge of being devoured in the wild, I stand here stunned by his dangerous beauty.”

— Katie McGarry

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

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210. “I will always hold you, I will always love you and I will always be right here.”

— Katie McGarry

211. “It’s the danger that makes it fun.”

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212. “I kiss him. My mouth on his. Without fear. Without thought. All of my emotions, my love, my trust, wrapped up in this embrace.”

— Katie McGarry

213. “Pigpen slides into the man’s space and goes nose to nose. To the cop’s credit, he doesn’t flinch.”

— Katie McGarry

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

— Katie McGarry

215. “The pain. The wounds scab over and you don’t always feel like a knife is slashing through you. But when you least expect it, the pain flashes to remind you you’ll never be the same.”

— Katie McGarry

216. “He shifted his body off of mine and tuckled me close against his warmth. I laid my head on his chest and listened to the comforting sound of his beating heart. Noah ran his hand through my hair. “I’m glad you told me. This needs to be right for you and i’ll wait, for as long as you need.”

— Katie McGarry

217. “Echo’s my solid, my base, my foundation. She has no idea that the single fear that keeps me up at night is knowing one day she’ll discover she doesn’t need me like I need her.”

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218. “I agree. I don’t understand how a guy everyone is terrified of makes me feel safe. I don’t understand how a guy who stayed behind to protect me when he didn’t know me has been shot. I don’t understand how a guy who carried me out of an alley full of shattered glass is the enemy everyone is warning me about.”

— Katie McGarry

219. “Were you stalking her?” the guy next to Razor asks. Pigpen. I bet this is the Pigpen Razor has talked about.”

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220. “The feeling that no matter what happened or what I did, there was someplace safe to fall.”

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221. “He ignores me. Our fears are what stifle us and we’re only scared of what we don’t understand.”

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222. “There’s more to her, I know there is. I saw it in her eyes when she laughed with me in the Jeep. Felt it in her touch as we danced.”

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223. “He’s hit! He’s hit!” Pigpen flies into view, gun drawn and on the prowl to kill.”

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224. “Pigpen saunters up beside me. He’s in his midtwenties and a wall of solid muscle. Most men wet themselves when he looks in their direction. “Eli wants him in.”

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225. “Isaiah’s initial response was to let you bleed out in the street, but then he got sentimental and thought Rachel would be sad if you died, so he called and asked me to take care of you. I told him Rachel would’ve gotten over you and that we could make her happy if we bought her a bunny, but he was so damned insistent. See, Isaiah and I have this past. I’ve known him forever because we met each other in a Dumpster –.”

— Katie McGarry

226. “Soft fingers grip my wrist and forearm. My eyes shoot to hers, but she’s too busy fussing over the noncut to notice how her caress is turning me inside out. In a good way. In a strange way. In a way I haven’t felt since... Beth.”

— Katie McGarry

227. “We reach the end of the hallway and Pigpen winks at me as he opens a door.”

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228. “Anything for you.”

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

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230. “A man wouldn’t be holding a girl on a bridge like he’s about to toss her over. I swear on my patch, killing you is not in the Terror’s plans.” – Pigpen.”

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231. “Before tonight, I felt like an adult: old and big. I don’t feel so big anymore. Right now I feel small and very, very alone.”

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232. “Am I holding her together as much as she’s keeping me from falling apart?”

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233. “From the moment I began to care for you, I’ve always felt like you were slipping away. Sometimes when you kiss me I feel like you’re saying goodbye.”

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234. “There’s a reason why people shouldn’t talk at four in the morning. Exhaustion eliminates the ability to lie. It demolishes the ability to tiptoe around the truth. Emotions are too exposed and real. Heightened to the point of explosion.”

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235. “My heart quickened when I caught a flash of red entering the lunchroom. At the corner door farthest from me, Echo paused and performed a quick scan. She held her books tight to her chest, sleeves clutched in her hands. Our eyes met. Her green eyes melted and she gave me that beautiful siren smile.”

— Katie McGarry

236. “A new beer with sweat running down the sides slides into view and Pigpen sidles up beside me grinning like a crazy man.”

— Katie McGarry

237. “Because I want us to be friends again. I made some really bad choices, and I’m sorry. You’re leaving for Florida and if we don’t fix this now, it won’t be fixed.”

— Katie McGarry

238. “I’d like to somehow find the courage to be on the outside who I am on the inside.”

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239. “It means freedom. Something I’ll never have. My destiny was built for me before I sucked in my first breath.”

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240. “My body screams to stride over to her, wrap my arms around her waist, kiss her until she’s drunk on me and slowly remove every article of clothing on her body.”

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241. “Several photographers have mumbled between each other about my glasses. They’re just jealous because I make glasses sexy, and it must suck to not be me.”

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242. “I – Beth Risk – did something good.”

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243. “Once upon a time, my world revolved around you.”

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244. “You don’t have to worry about me pressuring you. You say stop, we stop.” That sums it up without me having to over explain. “But I’ll never complain if you cop a feel above or below.”

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245. “He didn’t say school, pinhead.” Pigpen interrupts. “He said her parents.”

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246. “When it comes to your children, you don’t want hard. You don’t want to see them hurt.”

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247. “The blonde checks out the legs of the car like Pigpen checks out the legs of my English teacher – like a dog in heat.”

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248. “Home. I have no idea what that word really means.”

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249. “A prospect is with us and he stands by his bike as Dad, Eli and Pigpen take off their cuts and lay them on the back. Pigpen flashes that I’ve-been-judged-mentally-insane-by-a-court smile at the prospect.”

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250. “Noah doesn’t hold hands often. In fact, it was one of the few rules I understood, and it’s not lost on me how special this moment is. It’s like the roses. Noah’s showing me his love.”

— Katie McGarry