Ally Carter Quotes

Easy there," Zach said when I stumbled into him. "Now's probably not the time to get handsy. You might want to control yourself.

love is the biggest con of all

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

I'm someone who doesn't have anything to lose.

I don't care if we lose the company, miss. But I would care a great deal if we lost the boy.

Another door swung open, and another guard appeared, this time with Gabrielle, who wore a black catsuit and rappelling harness.

Because even though the truth can set you free, that doesn't mean it won't be painful.

That's for me to know, and for you to find out.

Time, Ms. McHenry," Townsend said. "It can be a cruel, cruel thing

Kiss me, Zach." I pressed up against him, cold and alone. I didn't want to fight. I wanted to be warm and safe again, "Kiss me.

Hey No one makes me do anything. Not my family. Not your family ... not even you.

The window can be fixed, Katerina. I'm far more concerned about him.

Hey I bruise," Hale said. "Also, you are freakishly strong.

I'll be back. And when i am,i promise i'll have answers.

I have to smile. He's such a dork. But I'm starting to realize the one good thing that's happened: he's my dork.

He's a boy, Kat. I hate to break it to you, but we are fundamentally different.

hey gallagher girl

Every decent con man knows that the simplest truth is more powerful than even the most elaborate lie.

Watched the people I know best look at me like I was a crazy person. Trust me. It's a look I know pretty well.

I sprung you because I've got a message for you"
"doesn't your family own a cell phone company?"
"only a little one

We don't have to do this. Just say the word and I can have a jet here in an hour. We can go anywhere

Sometimes the biggest lies we tell are to ourselves.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to tail an eighty year-old woman Its hard. Really hard. Really ... slow. -Grabrielle

Listen to me, Cammie. There are things in this life ... in this world ... There are things that you don't want to remember. - Rachel Morgan

You are my best friend. And sometimes I like to check and make sure my friends aren't dead.

I don't understand boys.

If we hadn't hated him a lot, we might have liked him a little at that moment. But we did. So we didn't.

Small changes. Big differences

If he'd looked like a cross between Mr. Clooney and, say, one of the hobbits, I probably would have been far more capable of coherent thought.

Switzerland didn't exactly work out. Neither did France. Or Norway." "Three schools?" Hale asked. "Well, technically, five schools - three countries.

I'm not an idiot! I'm just twelve. I'm a twelve-year-old girl and neither of those facts are my fault.

And so that means ... "
"We have to rob the Henley," Simon said.
Kat sank onto a truly uncomfortable sofa. "Again.

Oh.' I shot upright. 'I was in Mongolia.'
Note to self: learn to be a less extreme liar.

The Subject has really blue eyes that twinkle when he looks at someone like she's maybe a little bit insane.

Waffles. Im craving waffles." Bex rolled onto her side. "Tell your waffles hi for me.

Grant didn't look like a sophomore - Grant looked like Brad Pitt's body double.

I've never heard of it. And, I don't like to brag, but I read a lot. I mean a lot. And most of it is classified. - Megan

Should alcoholics go to liquor stores?

It was so rare to find someone who was both so young and so wise, both so fresh and so jaded.

We were two girls who got lucky, and luck's not a skill that anyone can learn

If you ever wonder whether or not someone is too good for you, I'd advise going through their trash. Really. No one looks superior after that.

Because sometimes not liking someone is easier.

You do a great many things for strangers, Katarina. What are you willing to do for your friends?

Kat!" Gabrielle hissed. "You're going to get caught." The smile Kat flashed over her shoulder was almost wicked. "I know.

Even the longest con was never more than an assortment of moments that were in themselves very very short.

You know, Ms. Morgan, that was your mother you just hammered, Mr. Solomon said.

given enough rope, eventually, I am bound to hang myself.

My breath is coming too hard. I want to cry. To scream. To die.

And I remember "normal" might never be the same again.

Oh you're heist-drunk Kitty Kat. And you have been since the Henley.

I just sat there, craving gelato.

But in the end she merely shrugged, knowing at the very least it would be interesting. Knowing, in her gut, it might just be the beginning.

If you can be still enough and common enough, then it's really easy to be invisible.

So, your dad's hot."
"Thanks. He was that way when I met him, so I can't really take credit.

Note to self: Rachel Morgan is a totally awesome liar.

Cammie, where did you get that necklace?

Let's have a baby, Abs. We've taken down terrorist cells. Surely we can handle one little baby. Spies

Even the best thief in the world can't steal time.

Somtimes people run to see if you'll ever come after them. -Joe

It's the people you hold closest who have the most power to make you bleed.

Not knowing you can't do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it.

Count me in, Kat." He squeezed her tighter. "You should always count me in." - W. W. Hale the Fifth

My life is a never ending conversation of the things that people do not say

Don't put your characters on a treadmill. They need to go new places, face new challenges and do new things.

It's good to see you, little one." He (Uncle Eddie) scanned her short skirt. "I only wish I were not seeing quite so much of you.

You wanted to be treated like grown-ups? Well, that includes both the good and the bad.

Learn her skills, honor her sword, and keep her secrets.

You are back, Cam. Which means for the first time since you left, it's okay for us to be mad at you for leaving.
- Macey

It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth.

You're girls!' he shouted as if the fact had totally eluded him until then.

My parents think so. And my parents have a very annoying habit of being right,

Rule of thumb: when in doubt, find a marine.

I'm not crazy," I whispered.
"I know."
Believe it or not, that's the most romantic thing Zachary Goode ever told me.

Sleep every chance you get. Eat every chance you get. Those were two of the many lessons that Kat learned at her father's knee and her uncle's table.

I think the canary left some feathers in there after you ate it.

Tell me Zach." I don't know if it was the wind or the adrenaline, but I shivered. "And don't lie to me.

Well, technically, we'd be re-stealing them," he said dryly. "It's kind of like a double negative.

I've spent enough time studying languages to know that almost any phrase can have two meanings

Leaving can't be nearly as hard as being left, Cam.

'Tell Suzie she's a lucky cat.' Have sexier words ever been spoken?

Angus looked at Hamish. "I hate it when Mom and Dad fight."
Hamish smoothed his brother's messy hair. "Me too.

Sometimes people run ... to see if you'll come after them

Are you ashamed of me or ashamed of him?" "Both,

Every good operative knows that the world is small, but the planet is big.

The monster is me.

Time, the greatest thief of all.

Mr. Solomon was right the worst kind of torture is watching someone you love get hurt.

I sang because that is what I do when I am happy and when I'm sad. I sang because it is who I am when I am being the best possible version of me.

No! I need to go home, I say, but then the realization comes: My mother was my home. My mother is dead.

Just so you know Gallagher Girl,' he whispered softly, 'I'm going to kiss you now.

Go to bed, Cammie," my aunt ordered, sounding exactly like my mother.
"No," I said, sounding exactly like my aunt.

Sometimes it takes an outsider, someone with fresh eyes to see the truth.

It was epic. It was awkward. It was epically awkward.

Pain seared through me again-a hot, burning stab in my gut-and yet my body found strength I didn't know I had, correcting as I fell.

And yet, she knew she could be.

Thanks to you, Gabs, we just figured out a half dozen ways not to rob the Henley.

And that's how the Peacock saved the Chameleon

Spies are wise. Spies are strong. But, most of all, spies are patient.

She really wants to be my friend, I realize, and suddenly I feel very sorry for her. She doesn't know what a terrible thing it is she's asking for.

And, of course, eventually, it would change everything.