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Crossing the Line (Pushing the Limits, #1.1) Crossing the Line by Katie McGarry
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“Is it weird that I feel so close to you even though you're hundreds of miles away and we've only met once? I hope not. I'm glad that you're in my life. ~Lila”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“If it wasn't for Noah, Echo would need me more... she would still be insecure, she would still be obsessing over the scars on her arms. She possibly wouldn't have recovered her memory of the night she got them. If it wasn't for him, she wouldn't be moving on with her life. Damn him for being a great guy.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“Everything is changing. My relationships are changing, my future is changing, my feelings are changing. My life is one big constant state of flux. I grew up scared of spiders, bees and dark corners in dimly lit basements. But this foe...change...it terrorizes me like nothing before.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“The entire sky erupted into hundreds of streaks of light. I never felt so alive. I wished that you were here with me or me with you. But I think you were. Call me crazy, but it was a moment, Lila, and I'm glad I shared it with you. Even if it was from a couple hundred miles away. ~Lincoln”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“Will you go outside on the 28th and watch the meteor shower? I know what you're thinking: 3:00am? But I think it will be beautiful. Besides, it will be cool to know that you're watching the sky at the same exact time as me. ~Lila”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“Her kiss is soft and warm-inviting. We both explore, a hesitant dance as we glide over lines neither of us imagined crossing.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“I'm wrong. My house isn't a volcano-I am, and the past two years have created a dormant giant who no longer will tolerate being ignored. I'm tired of this. Tired of how everyone's become so obsessed with themselves, obsessed with the moment, that we've ceased caring what's going to happen next.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“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, Crossing the Line
“Yeah, I'm great." And I meant it. It's a small humongous realization: I'm always going to be scared of something-spiders, the dark, being on my own-but I don't have to let the fear be in control.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“And then I wonder what it would be like if he really was falling for me, because Lincoln in real life is a million times more intense than Lincoln in letters... and I'm seriously falling for him.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“Oddly enough, I feel the most alone when I'm in a room full of people.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“I think of the hundreds of lights dancing across the night sky. "I knew you were watching. I know it sounds stupid, but I felt you with me, and then when you sent that letter describing that night..." I drop off, unable to find the right words to explain the emotion.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“Always check the peephole before answering the door. You never know who's on the other side.
Translation: serial killers knock before attacking.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“I think sometimes things we don't like happen so we can appreciate the good. Like, can I really enjoy a sunrise if I didn't experience the darkness of night? Without her past, Echo would never have met Noah, and without her losing Aires, I would never have met you.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“And no, I don't mind if you want to write me again. Even if you do it in one of those kitten-hanging-from-a-tree cards. ~Lincoln”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“Lila stretches the hem of her tank top over her hips as she moves toward me. When she sits, it's with her thigh melting against mine. Her heat radiates past my jeans to my skin. Every single cell within my body sizzles to life. Play this right, Lincoln. She deserves a man, not a boy.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“I glance left, then to the right. Disoriented. Lost. Not knowing which way is home. But that's been the problem since the beginning. The root of all my evils.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“This is one of my favorite moments: the seconds before the kiss. It's like dangling on a ledge with gravity pulling me forward and the wind daring me to let go and fly.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“I'm staring and I need to stop, but seeing her inhibits brain function. Girls don't know it, but standing in the presence of beauty impairs guys. At least, it impairs me. Screw it. It's Lila. Lila impairs me.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“The worst moments are when my entire family is in the same room. With the people I should love the most surrounding me, I feel the most alone.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“His grip on my shoulders changes into a massage that causes me to close my eyes. He could touch me like that for the rest of my life and I'd never move.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“Lincoln's so efficient, especially for a guy who "bends rules".”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“Lincoln’s eyes travel over my body, his gaze lingering on my curves. “I think I’m falling in love.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“He has a wide gait and I struggle to appear casual as I attempt to match his stride. His shirt’s back on, which is a sin. He could definitely give Echo’s guy a run for his money in the abs department.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“My grandpa once told me never to provoke an injured bear, especially one nursing its wounds, but sometimes the bear needs to be poked.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“Estoy cansado de esto. Cansado de que todos se obsesionen con ellos mismos, tan obsesionados con el momento que han dejado de preocuparse por lo que ocurrira a continuacion”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“Mi casa es un volcan, un constante borboteo de lava en peligro de explosion”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“the one lesson I learned from Josh’s death is that life has to be lived now; the future isn’t always guaranteed.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“I like plans and organization and not boys who promise to attend the University of Florida with me and then screw it all up by not graduating from high school.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line
“Soy igual de culpable, y esta rutina me ha llevado a lastimar a Lila. Pronto, las malditas malas decisiones devastaran esta familia, Dios, soy un idiota.”
Katie McGarry, Crossing the Line

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