Pigpen Quotes

When we foolishly believe that our ways, our opinions, our plans somehow have jurisdiction over the sovereign will of the Creator of the universe, we will always end up in one place: the pigpen. ~ Kasey Van Norman

Pigpen shoves off the railing and looks at me like I've been caught knocking back the liquor store. ~ Katie McGarry

I am very clearly the Pigpen to his Schroeder. ~ Christina Lauren

He [Pigpen] should know better than to ask questions he won't get answers to. He motions to my cell. "I could hack it and just find out."
Proved he could this afternoon after the two of us hacked into emails of someone who's been targeting a client. ~ Katie McGarry

It also means I could dump what I learned about the Riot onto Pigpen and he'd once again shut me out. ~ Katie McGarry

Pigpen slides into the man's space and goes nose to nose. To the cop's credit, he doesn't flinch. ~ Katie McGarry

Pigpen and Dust have already told me, multiple times, that lots of brothers are ready and willing to buy me as many beers as I can drink tonight, tomorrow night, forever. ~ Katie McGarry

How's that wrestling match with God going?" Pigpen asks. "From here you look mighty tired. ~ Katie McGarry

Got a warrant or something?" Pigpen asks in a low voice that's more of a threat than a question. ~ Katie McGarry

Ms. Whitlock stands in front of her desk in her patented white button-down shirt, gray pencil skirt and dark-rimmed glasses. ~ Katie McGarry

The club owns a legit security company that travels alongside semi-loads of expensive goods to guarantee that the truck makes it to point B from point A without any problems. People don't know it, but trucks being jacked for their loads happens more often than one would think. The security company is a ride-along bouncer. ~ Katie McGarry

The guys from the board are at a smaller bonfire near the tree line. They're laughing. Talking shit. Enjoying the fact that they've tried to play with my life. Yelling. Loud shouts. It's near me, but the chaos controlling me makes it incoherent. ~ Katie McGarry

This time Ms. Whitlock does look my way and she grants me the type of glare reserved for people who kick puppies. ~ Katie McGarry

Sit in the pigpen with people of ill intent, and see how quickly you, too, start to stink. ~ Bonnie Lyn Smith

Calm down," comes a voice, and it's not Razor's. I rip my focus away from the water and there's a man [Pigpen] with blond hair and a cut like Razor's slowly approaching the bridge. His hands are up - a sign of submission. "Just calm down. ~ Katie McGarry

You've got to learn to walk through a pigpen and not get dirty. ~ Madeleine L'Engle

Doesn't work like that," Pigpen says real slowly, and my blood pressure plummets. It's a boys' club. Violet had said that. A boys' club that's going to get me killed - ~ Katie McGarry

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. ~ Katie McGarry

Pigpen was and is now forever one of the Grateful Dead. ~ Ron "Pigpen" McKernan

A new beer with sweat running down the sides slides into view and Pigpen sidles up beside me grinning like a crazy man. "Everyone's dying to know who you're texting with. It's like you're a twelve-year-old girl chained to that damn cell. Have you started your period yet? ~ Katie McGarry

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. ~ Katie McGarry

And if by some miracle he did manage to start the truck, Pigpen and Dust would stand around it like human cement pillars. ~ Katie McGarry

Because everyone is still treating me with kid gloves, Pigpen's driving me in his pickup truck, blasting music that's more screaming than music. I prefer electric guitar over voices, but it's not my fucking truck. ~ Katie McGarry

Ms. Whitlock is lost in her own world as she continues babbling about poem interpretations and people who died too long ago. ~ Katie McGarry

Earlier, when I'm at my prettiest, I almost have to force myself on you. Now, while I'm covered in grime, you insist on kissing me. I suppose if I fall into the pigpen and come up covered in muck, you'll ask me to marry you. ~ Kevin Hardman

You okay, brother?" Pigpen asks. ~ Katie McGarry

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

Less than a year and a half ago, the guy was crawling around in the muck in some foreign country as an Army Ranger. Even though he was recruited by the army for his mad computer skills, it was a bullet in the shoulder and chest he took saving someone in his squad that brought him home for good. The brother is damn lethal. ~ Katie McGarry

...Pigpen's currently sitting on as he drinks a beer.
He's been Violet's shadow since Eli left town with Cyrus a few days ago. ~ Katie McGarry

The answering call causes my ears to ring. Pigpen stares at me, unblinking as the mantra is repeated three more times followed by over a hundred men howling into the night. ~ Katie McGarry

The club, as always, has my back. Especially Pigpen. The brother adopted me as his protégé. ~ Katie McGarry

With one are-you-going-to-live glance at Pigpen, he rolls his eyes, and I sit with Dad on the bench. ~ Katie McGarry

Without a word to anyone, Eli and Cyrus straddle their bikes and strap on their helmets. That one act causes everyone else to mount up and start their motorcycles. Soon the yard shakes with the thunder of angry engines. Cyrus pulls out with Eli on his right. They head onto Thunder Road toward the main drag and the guys follow behind them in pairs. ~ Katie McGarry

Most of the guys from the club who are employees for the security company are out on runs. The other half of the club, the guys who work normal jobs, are out doing their thing ~ Katie McGarry

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

I already texted Pigpen and Dust and they're heading with us. ~ Katie McGarry

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

To the left, Pigpen, Man O'War and Dust are laughing in a booth with my brother, Brandon. ~ Katie McGarry

Pigpen taught me how to upload code from the internet and how to get it on people's computers and phones so I have a back door to their network. ~ Katie McGarry

I flip off Pigpen. He suggests something anatomically impossible, and as the familiar ribbing begins[--} ~ Katie McGarry

Pigpen pushes off the wall. "Won't be far."
Which means he'll be outside the door, standing guard. ~ Katie McGarry

So how many of you liked the poem?" Ms. Whitlock asks.
The entire class raises their hands. The entire class, except for me and Razor. ~ Katie McGarry

I'm not a tail-tucked-between-my-legs type of guy, but this lady is one of the few that can reduce me to begging. ~ Katie McGarry

Ms. Whitlock steps out and sizes me up, then Violet. "I'm only letting you in if you have a note, otherwise you can head to the office and hope they give you one. ~ Katie McGarry

Pigpen pulls off the gravel road near the house and severs the engine. I go to open the door and he stops me. "Talk to me a second, and I don't mean me talking and you nodding your head like that's acceptable conversation. ~ Katie McGarry

Easy now," says Pigpen in a smooth tone. ~ Katie McGarry

Pigpen crosses his arms over his chest, clearly pissed that I'm not following his set of rules for hacking. "You should have come to me when you hit that snag. ~ Katie McGarry

Eli and Pigpen walk backward as a human shield as they fire, edging me toward my bike. ~ Katie McGarry

I [Pigpen] grew up in their clubhouse. I understand you because I am you. I also learned to crawl on the sticky floors of where guys made their oaths. But here's the difference, I grew up watching people make stupid mistakes in the name of revenge. ~ Katie McGarry

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

What's going down in your brain?" Pigpen asks.
"Who shot me?"
"We don't know." The way he makes direct eye contact, he's not lying. ~ Katie McGarry

He didn't say school, pinhead." Pigpen interrupts. "He said her parents. ~ Katie McGarry

Pigpen saunters up beside me. He's in his midtwenties and a wall of solid muscle. Most men wet themselves when he looks in their direction. "Eli wants him in. ~ Katie McGarry

A man wouldn't be holding a girl on a bridge like he's about to toss her over. I swear on my patch, killing you is not in the Terror's plans." - Pigpen ~ Katie McGarry

Pigpen flashes that supermodel grin. "We told him to shove it. ~ Katie McGarry

We reach the end of the hallway and Pigpen winks at me as he opens a door. ~ Katie McGarry

Pigpen's on the move. ~ Katie McGarry

Razor," Pigpen calls as I straddle my bike.
When I meet his eyes, he continues, "Are you tight? ~ Katie McGarry

Pigpen leans against the railing and nails me with his stare. "This is the second time you've gone AWOL on the club. Let me tell you, that shit got old the first time. Next time I fucking text to see if you're alive, you text back. ~ Katie McGarry

He's hit! He's hit!" Pigpen flies into view, gun drawn and on the prowl to kill. ~ Katie McGarry

Pigpen is in his late twenties and thinks he's all handsome with his blonde hair and big muscles. Because he was a Navy SEAL or Army Ranger or something outrageous like that, he also thinks he's awesome, but he doesn't impress. ~ Katie McGarry

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. ~ Katie McGarry

Besides me, Pigpen is the youngest guy in here and then there's Eli. ~ Katie McGarry

With another curse, I'm out of the truck, slamming the door to piss Pigpen off. He follows as I go up the stairs, then brushes past me when I pause. He grins at me over his shoulder before opening the screen door. ~ Katie McGarry

Were you stalking her?" the guy next to Razor asks. Pigpen. I bet this is the Pigpen Razor has talked about. ~ Katie McGarry

They had a smokehouse next to the pigpen - kind of morbid for the pigs. The ~ Bobby Adair

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. ~ Katie McGarry

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

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

Proving he's a crazy son of a bitch, Pigpen flashes me that guilty-by-definition-of-insanity grin. "See, was talking so bad? A few weeks with me and you'll be ready for full-on family therapy. ~ Katie McGarry

The nurses are pissed Pigpen gave me a fresh pair of jeans and a T-shirt to change into. ~ Katie McGarry

Pigpen hooks his foot around the metal folding chair Eli sat in weeks before and it scrapes against the tiles. ~ Katie McGarry