Top 300 Katie McGarry Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “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.”

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252. “Taking what was the most raw and broken inside us and offering it to the other as a show of what we can’t heal on our own. It’s the most simple and heartbreaking of vulnerabilities... to admit that you need someone else.”

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

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

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257. “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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258. “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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259. “A storm’s always coming,” I state. “Some don’t have rain.”

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260. “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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261. “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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262. “Pigpen grins like a crazy man.”

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

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265. “For the first time ever, Beth is letting me see her soul and if I had any doubts before, they’re gone. I’m in love with Beth Risk.”

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266. “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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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. “It also means I could dump what I learned about the Riot onto Pigpen and he’d once again shut me out.”

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

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272. “The words scare her. She’s scared of love.”

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

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

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275. “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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276. “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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277. “It must be a male thing to talk about playing with balls.”

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

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279. “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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280. “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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281. “Sometimes when you see the line, you think it’s a good idea to cross it – until you do.”

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

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

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

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286. “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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287. “Her soft lips kiss my jaw and my body temperature spikes. Holding on to Rachel is like holding on to a flame. It’s a soothing burn and an addictive burn. Her kiss is pure fire.”

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288. “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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289. “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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290. “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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291. “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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292. “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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293. “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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294. “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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295. “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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296. “In this case, two wrongs made a major right.”

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297. “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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298. “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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299. “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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300. “Isn’t it always the things that you can’t see that hurt you?”

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