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> [“Most days Lily is the steady drumbeat. The rhythm of my heart. The repeating melody of the music in my head. But not today.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-mckay/most-days-lily-is-the-steady-drumbeat-the-rhythm-of-my-heart-the/)

[Emily McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-mckay/)

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## More by Emily McKay

> [“Time crawls in the silence. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tock. Tock. Tock.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-mckay/time-crawls-in-the-silence-tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock-tock-tock/)

[Emily McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-mckay/)

> [“Most days Lily is the steady drumbeat. The rhythm of my heart. The repeating melody of the music in my head. But not today.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-mckay/most-days-lily-is-the-steady-drumbeat-the-rhythm-of-my-heart-the/)

[Emily McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-mckay/)

> [“Carter may have just beaten the crap out of me, he may have shot me in the back, but he'd bought me Dr. Pepper.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-mckay/carter-may-have-just-beaten-the-crap-out-of-me-he-may-have-shot-me-in/)

[Emily McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-mckay/)

> [“The Dean liked to remind us that those fences were there to keep the Ticks out as much as to keep us in.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-mckay/the-dean-liked-to-remind-us-that-those-fences-were-there-to-keep-the/)

[Emily McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-mckay/)

> [“His presence makes me feel thin. Not model slender. But worn, like an old cotton housedress. Thin like a specimen pressed between two plates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-mckay/his-presence-makes-me-feel-thin-not-model-slender-but-worn-like-an/)

[Emily McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-mckay/)

> [“I worry about Lily, sluggish as she is. Will she see Carter's truths? Will he tell her? God knows she won't hear them. She's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-mckay/i-worry-about-lily-sluggish-as-she-is-will-she-see-carter-s-truths/)

[Emily McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-mckay/)

> [“The Vampires have a plan to take over the world?" I asked. I felt a bit dumb, gasping in surprise at every twist to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-mckay/the-vampires-have-a-plan-to-take-over-the-world-i-asked-i-felt-a-bit/)

[Emily McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-mckay/)

> [“What can I say to convince you that I'm on the up-and-up?" "Why don't you just start at the beginning and I'll stop you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-mckay/what-can-i-say-to-convince-you-that-i-m-on-the-up-and-up-why-don-t/)

[Emily McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-mckay/)

> [“That's how you know you're doing the right thing - it's so hard you want to give up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-mckay/that-s-how-you-know-you-re-doing-the-right-thing-it-s-so-hard-you/)

[Emily McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-mckay/)

> [“You just told me you didn't intend to love me. You didn't want to love me. You got yourself arrested to keep yourself away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-mckay/you-just-told-me-you-didn-t-intend-to-love-me-you-didn-t-want-to-love/)

[Emily McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-mckay/)

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