Long Way Home Quotes

“Sometimes people choose the harder path just to prove they can do it.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“How can you fully hate someone who does all the stupid things because that's the way he loves?”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“Two roads. One path. Can’t take both.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“I love you,” I whisper. “I can’t remember a time when I haven’t loved you.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“As much as you want to, you can’t take all our pain away. Hurting, it’s a part of life, and if you try to stop any of us from being in pain, that means you’re not allowing us to actually live.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“I am not your property, I am not a dog … I am your equal, and I deserve the love and respect that comes with that because that’s what a real man does when he loves a woman.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“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.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“Some people, like me and Violent, aren’t supposed to break up. Some people like me and Violet, don’t know how to be near each other when we do part ways.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“I love you. I always have, always will. I understand the promises you’re talking about and I understand why you can’t make them, but I’m going to make a promise to you. No matter which way this plays out, I promise to love you and do my best to make sure whatever path we go down together or separately will be the one that hurts you the least.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“Ignoring our problems won’t make them go away. We’re playing a dangerous game, and I’ll be honest, I don’t know how many more hits I can take.”
“You want me to walk away?”
“No,” she says quietly. “I never wanted you to walk away. I need you, but I don’t know how to be with you. You need me, but you don’t know how to be with me either.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“Do you trust me?”
Of course I did. Trusted him to be the first boy to hold my hand. Trusted him to be the first boy I kissed. Trusted him to be the first for so many things.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“Pigpen's been tearing through the cabin, the yard, the clubhouse like a toddler on the warpath.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“The blonde checks out the legs of the car like Pigpen checks out the legs of my English teacher--like a dog in heat.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“But by the way Pigpen's eyes are flickering between that piece and me, I might have to stab him in the hand with a fork to get it.
"It's mine." He whispers. "Go for it and you're going down."
Despite my best intentions, I smile and his eyes shine with the win.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“The suck part about falling is that eventual crash landing.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“I promise I'll protect you now. I won't let them touch you again. "
"I know you'll try."
I can do more than try.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“I thought loving people was supposed to be easy,” he says quietly. “But it’s the hardest thing I’ve done. I wish I knew how to love you right.”
“I’ve told you how to love me. You aren’t willing to love me how I need to be loved.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“Her spirit is hurting, weak and in need, and so is mine. I don’t know much either. I’m confused and blinded by the fog we’ve stumbled into, but Violet is real and warm and a fortress by which I fall to my knees whenever I come into contact. I need her, she needs me and tonight we just need to hold each other.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“I slam my hand into the nearest locker, almost relishing the sting.
“Feel better?”
A glance across the hallway and I freeze. Doesn’t matter how many times I see her in a day, she still manages to take my breath away.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“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.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“Jesus, you're a wet blanket." Pigpen walks up behind Eli and grins like he just escaped prison. "Why are you giving the girl hell for wanting to go to an army bar at midnight? It's not like she told you she was going to kick puppies."
Pigpen winks at me. "You ready to roll? Or should I say hop?”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“Which is great, since my English teacher hates late students like I hate riding my motorcycle in forty-degree weather while it rains.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“Pigpen walks around the table and as he nears Violet, she stumbles back, but he's faster. With one long step, he engulfs Violet in a hug and lifts her into the air.
She slaps his shoulder, "Put me down, you fucking asshole."
"She's back!" Pigpen rocks her like she's a doll and then gently deposits he back on the ground. He places his hands on either side of her face, looks into her eyes with that crazy-ass smile on his face, then kisses the top of her head. "It's good to have you back, kid."
Violet smacks his hands off her face. "Get off me."
He winks. "Love you, too.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“Pigpen pushes off the wall. "Won't be far."
Which means he'll be outside the door, standing guard.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“There's this guy in my club, Pigpen. He's about the same age as Ms. Whitlock, late twenties, and he's a walking hard-on for this woman even though she would never give him the time of day. He practically runs into walls when she's around because he's too focused on checking her out.”
― Katie Mcgarry, Long Way Home

“Violet moves, a readjustment, and I expect her to pull away. But instead, she leans further into me, her head on my shoulder, and her sweet scent becomes a warm blanket.
No other place I'd rather be in the world right now. No place at all.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“Besides me, Pigpen is the youngest guy in here and then there's Eli.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“We reach the end of the hallway and Pigpen winks at me as he opens a door.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“Smiled.
The type of smile that men drive all night in a blinding rainstorm on their bike to see. The type of smile that keep men fighting brutal wars for years in the vain of hope of seeing it again. The type of smile that made me come to my feet, because if i didn't, I'd fall to my knees.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home

“It wouldn't be fair to Chevy, and it wouldn't be fair to me. The love I had for him was consuming and powerful and raw. I briefly close my eyes as memories of Chevy's hands on my body and his lips on mine cause warmth to curl in my bloodstream...Even when we fought, we never had problems with attraction.”
― Katie McGarry, Long Way Home