Quotes by Ally Carter

Somebody knows.

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

Because even though the truth can set you free, that doesnt mean it wont be painful.

Despite having known him for almost a year, there were a lot of things I still didnt know about Zachary Goode. Like how soap and shampoo could smell so much better on him than anyone else. Like where he went when he wasnt mysteriously showing up at random (and frequently dangerous) points in my life. And, most of all, I didnt know how, when he mentioned the jacket, he made me think about the sweet, romantic part of the night last November when hed given it to me, and not the terrible, bloody, international-terrorists-are-trying-to-kidnap-me part that came right after

I wanted to pull away, remind him that I was a big girl, a highly trained operative, a spy - that Id been training for this mission my entire life, and I wasnt going to be left on the sidelines. But in the dim space with Zach pressed tightly against me, only one thought came to mind. I kissed him - longer and deeper than I ever had before. The school was not watching us this time. There was nothing playful in the tone. We were just two people kissing as if for the first time, as if it might be the last. And then I broke away. So, I asked, as if I got kissed like that all the time (which, believe me, I dont), where is it youre taking me again? The tombs.

I know too well how dangerous hope can be, how it grows and sometimes dies, taking its host with it. Its more powerful than anything Dr.Fibs keeps in his labs, more precious than all the secrets inside Sublevel Two.

Hope is a delicate thing. A dangerous thing.

There are 6 reasons that a person does anything: Love, faith, greed, boredom, fear... revenge.

There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear... he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the last, drawing a deep breath before he said, Revenge.

You can’t really yell at your boyfriend for stealing your seat and your best friend. You also can’t yell at your best friend for stealing your boyfriend. Or you can…but Hi seemed like a much easier way to start the morning.

Waiting. Like it or not, its a skill all spies have to master eventually.

Time. I would have gone somewhere to buy time.

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

I tell you, Im half tempted to break into CIA custody just so I can break Joe Solomon out of CIA custody just so I can break Joe Solomon.

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

Fear is a weakness. It makes a person lose her nerve and her cool. It makes people jumpy and organizations nervous, and when that happens, there is always a chance to take advantage.

But thats the thing about being the girl whos spent years convincing the world shes not afraid of anything: At some point, someone is going to find out youre afraid of everything.

the only way Bex would miss this would be if she were unconscious. And tied up. And in a concrete bunker. In Siberia.

-Im your girlfriend?- No. Alexei shakes his head, then pulls me to him again, holds me closer. Theres not a word in either of our language for what you are to me.

And, of course, there are the perfect day, perfect moment, perfect life dreams that come sometimes and make a person hit the snooze button for hours, trying to go back to sleep and make the perfect moments last.