“Luke used to give me butterflies. Noah spawned mutant pterodactyls.” — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“Hearsay, even from the people I love, doesn't equate to gospel truth.” — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“He took a step toward me and whispered in my ear "I really did love you." Leaving out the unsaid word; Once.… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“I must have killed a lot of cows in a past life for Karma to hate me this much.” — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“Noah?" A welcome voice - not my mother's, but welcome all the same: Echo. A smile spread across my face. This was… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“Echo placed the expertly folded blanket back on the couch and smoothed it several times, insisting on finding perfection in a world… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“Noah held my hand and my bag as he escorted me to the third floor - the Women's Pavilion. The elevator bell… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“So, Noah, Echo’s the coat girl.” I had a nickname? Noah chuckled. “Yeah.” “Echo, is your father aware of this relationship?” “Would… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“Not sure how I felt about Antonio and Echo, I linked my fingers with hers. Antonio cocked a surprised eyebrow. Damn straight,… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“Come here, baby." And with my words, Echo leaned into me soft, pliant, broken. "You're not alone," I whispered into her hair… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“Wait." I began to pull off his jacket. "You forgot this." "Keep it," he said without looking back. "I'll get it from… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“You know a lot about math," I said. You know a lot about math? What type of statement was that? Right along… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“Alexander shifted in my arms. God, he was so small, and from the giddy looks on my father's and Ashley's faces, they… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“The pure menace radiating from my younger sister is undeniable. She can hate me, but I need her to know that she… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“Please, Noah, I don't want to do this wrong. Tell me how to make you feel good." He shifted so that his… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“Guilt nagged at me. She didn't technically ask me a question, so in theory, I didn't owe her a response, but the… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“I wrote about the person I love most, my older brother, Noah. We don't live together so I wrote what I imagine… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“I've got you. I swear to God, I've got you," said Noah. "Stay with me, Echo." I wanted to. I wanted to… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“I’M BUYING YOU A COAT.” And I meant it. I opened the car door and slung my leather jacket around her shoulders.… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“You scared the shit out of me last night, so forgive me if I don't want to hear fine as an answer."… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“Echo already felt like a heavy drug. The kind I avoided on purpose—crack, heroin, meth. The ones that screwed with your mind,… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“This overwhelming, encompassing feeling is love. It's not perfect and it's messy as hell. And it's exactly what I need.” — Katie McGarry Copy Share
“His dark brown eyes shifted to my covered arms. "You didn't do that-did you? It was done to you?"No one ever asked that question.… — Katie McGarry Copy Share
“I gazed into her beautiful green eyes and her fear melted. A shy smile tugged at her lips and at my heart. Fuck me… — Katie McGarry Copy Share
“When i said nothing, the best thing that happened to me in three years left. Damn, i was an idiot.” — Katie McGarry Copy Share
“I'm cold and clammy and hot at the same time, yet I'm free. I lift my head and the autumn breeze feels good against… — Katie McGarry Copy Share
“We’re stronger together, Drix. I promise we are. Please don’t give up on us. Please don’t give up on yourself.” “I don’t know,” he… — Katie McGarry Copy Share
“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.” — Katie McGarry Copy Share
“Is this all we are? Continual actions and reactions? No control over our future? [...] If that's true, then life is one pathetic and… — Katie McGarry Copy Share
“Last night, the two of us said too much, felt too much, and I had somehow convinced myself that the moment we shared would… — Katie McGarry Copy Share
“She pressed her hands against my chest and tried to push me away. "I can't think straight when you 're this close." I backed… — Katie McGarry Copy Share
“Eli bought the flat-screen television and sectional couch for Olivia, his mother, after his stint in prison. There’s a throw rug on the wooden… — Katie McGarry Copy Share
“I think of the hundreds of lights dancing across the night sky. "I knew you were watching. I know it sounds stupid, but I… — Katie McGarry Copy Share
