Top 300 Katie McGarry Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “The words scare her. She’s scared of love.”

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252. “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.”

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253. “Pigpen got excited because he made me grin when he told me that he thought PTSD stood for Probably There’s Something wrong but Dunno what.”

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

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255. “God touched him.” Pigpen points one finger in the air. “And with that one touch, he dislocates Jacobs hip. One touch and it was over.”

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256. “Aires and Echo Emerson. Their mother must have hated them to give them names like that.”

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257. “Sup, man,” said Rico Vega, joining me in the back of Spanish class. “’Sup,” I answered. “How can they let you take Spanish when that’s what you speak half the damn time?” “Why they let a bunch of gueros take English? You gringos gotta be stupid if you ain’t got it down in eighteen years.”

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258. “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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259. “And he laughs. Not the heavy laughter from before. It’s a great laugh. A deep laugh. One that makes my lips lift. Isaiah, the guy who an hour ago carried himself like a jungle predator, now has the content aura of a lazy cat bathing in the sun.”

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260. “Pigpen grins like a crazy man.”

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261. “Noah – his hair hiding his eyes, keeping the world from seeing his soul. Isaiah – a sleeve of beautiful tattoos that frightens the normal and entices the free. Me – the poet in my mind when I’m high.”

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262. “Pigpen goes silent and that causes my bones to quiver. The two of us get along because I’m the silent one and he’s the one who can’t shut up.”

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263. “Two motorcycles rumble in behind me and park in open spots. It’s Pigpen and Dust. They’re part of the volunteers tailing me and Violet until we’re safe.”

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264. “Eli and Pigpen walk backward as a human shield as they fire, edging me toward my bike.”

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265. “Razor: Is it me you’re afraid of touching you? If so, I promise you’ll like it.”

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266. “Pigpen jumps off as well but snatches my arm, gripping like he means to cause pain.”

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267. “You belong, Echo,” he says against my temple. “Right here with me.”

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268. “Where’s your sister?” Chevy asks like he doesn’t care about the answer, but unfortunately, he does.”

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269. “There’s a power I only feel when I’m with Isaiah. A boldness I’ve never possessed in my life. Never in a million years would I have imagined I’d be the girl who’d say she was falling fast for a boy before he did. Never in a million years did I think I’d be lying in bed with a totally ripped guy that has his shirt off. But Isaiah has this effect on me. He makes me feel stronger than I really am.”

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270. “Sometimes when you see the line, you think it’s a good idea to cross it – until you do.”

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271. “I feel small against him, fragile. Like he’s realized the secret I’ve hidden: that I’m breakable, if not already broken.”

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272. “I’m falling for you, but I don’t want to.”

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273. “Anyone who ever makes you the slightest bit uncomfortable, Breanna, you tell one of us. You’re with Razor, which means you’re family.”

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274. “Pigpen says your brothers think we’re taking too long.”

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275. “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.”

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276. “If I fall in, I’m going to drown. The weights upon me are too heavy to stay afloat. My only option is to sink.”

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277. “Eli’s on my left and Pigpen on my right as we take off. Both have their guns still drawn and their expressions are deadly.”

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278. “Pigpen is one of those men we stand solid for. He fought in Afghanistan. Served several terms in the Army as a Ranger. He won’t ask anyone for permission to exercise his God-given rights.”

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279. “Noah trailed a line of blazing kisses along the nape of neck, confusing my brain.”

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280. “I’m sick and tired of adults acting like we’re glass that will shatter if we fall. Sometimes thay need to let us fall. Sometimes we need to make our own mistakes. Sometimes, adults need to butt out.”

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281. “Sizzling. This entire room is sizzling. From his voice to his eyes to that dimpled half smirk to those ripped muscles in his arms. Razor is so hot the fire alarms should be blaring.”

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282. “Pigpen’s been tearing through the cabin, the yard, the clubhouse like a toddler on the warpath.”

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283. “Pigpen passes the pan of lasagna in Chevy’s direction and he takes two squares for himself, the deposits the corner piece on my plate. I smirk at Pigpen and he scowls back at me.”

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284. “It must be a male thing to talk about playing with balls.”

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285. “How’s that wrestling match with God going?” Pigpen asks. “From here you look mighty tired.”

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286. “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.”

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287. “Jesus Christ, Noah, it’s like you want it to be complicated. Win the girl. Then keep her. Don’t let her go. Get it straight. One of us needs to get it right and, out of the two of us, you’re the one who has a shot.”

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288. “My legs have the strength of mashed potatoes. I’m cold and clammy and my stomach churns like I vomited. That’s because I did, in the viewing room, and I discovered that yellow bile does not blend well with red velvet industrial carpeting. My crowning achievement in overreaction.”

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289. “Not sure how this whole social media thing is supposed to be fun. It’s like being back in elementary school and waiting to be picked for kickball.”

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290. “Pigpen claps my arm and smiles at me like he did the night I was patched in. “Welcome back, brother. Now let’s get to work.”

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291. “The offers of friendship, the smiles, the nice words – all games. Deep down I always knew it, but part of me hoped for more. I allowed hope. Stupid Beth making another stupid mistake. Story of my life.”

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292. “There’s a ton you can learn about a person from how they deal with the absence of sound.”

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293. “It’s as if the sun has melted off her outer shell and has revealed the girl I once knew, and a woman I want to get to know.”

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294. “Everyone has a tale to sob over. Rich or poor.”

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295. “Everyone says the same thing: Breanna’s smart, she’s quiet. On the inside. I’m not at all quiet. Most of the time, I’m screaming.”

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296. “Failure is your only enemy. The only way up is to never look down. We succeed because we believe. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?”

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297. “With one are-you-going-to-live glance at Pigpen, he rolls his eyes, and I sit with Dad on the bench.”

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298. “In this case, two wrongs made a major right.”

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299. “What people project to the world never shows what’s lurking on the inside.”

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300. “Isn’t it always the things that you can’t see that hurt you?”

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