Quotes by Ally Carter

Id Tell You I Love You, But Then Id Have to Kill You

Grace, if you have used an iron within the last six months, I will eat that fork, Ms. Chancellor says.Which one? I try to tease. Youve got a lot of forks to choose from.From which to choose, Grace. Do not end your sentences in prepositions, dear.Of course, I totally see what youre getting at. I mean, at what youre getting.

Keep your chin up. Eventually, you will meet someone who cares about your opinion. Im so sorry Im not her.

I have to smile. Hes such a dork. But Im starting to realize the one good thing thats happened: hes my dork.

Ive attended seven schools in ten years, I explain. So you can rest assured I know you. Youre the girl who thinks being cruel is the same thing as being witty. You think being loud is the same thing as being right. And, most of all, youre the girl who is very, very pretty. And also very, very...common. trust me. Theres at least one of you in every school. I watch her features shift. Oh. Wait. Did you think you were unique?

For the first time I realize how perilous peace can be. I appreciate the tightrope that my grandfather has spent his whole life trying to walk. And now, more than ever, I grow terrified that Im going to make us all fall down.

Congratulations, I tell her with a slight bow. I hope you and your power trip will be very happy together. Now, if youll excuse me, its time for me to go.

Theres a power that comes with silence. I had grown to fear the unsaid thing. So it felt like a release to say it-to admit that the risk wasnt just inside our walls-it was inside my skin. I was willing to claw, scratch, and bleed until Id found it.

Okay, gang, I said, according to blueprints, theres an elevator access panel on the east side of the building. We may get a little dirty, but—I thought wed just go through the doors, Liz said, flashing three beautifully engraved invitations and some wonderfully authentic fake IDs.The tickets were $20,000 each. The Secret Service had been vetting the guest list for weeks, so Bex and I stopped beneath a streetlamp and studied Liz.Do I even want to know where you got those? I asked.Liz seemed to ponder it, and then she said, No.

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

I don’t understand hate. I’ve seen its power. I’ve known its wrath. I’ve even felt it coursing through my veins, pushing me on. But I don’t know where it comes from or why it lasts, how it can take hold in some people and grow.

You cannot con an honest man.

Lies arent just the things we tell -- theyre the lives we lead.

Were going to be okay.Heres the thing about being a spy: sometimes all you have are your lies. They protect your cover and keep your secrets, and right then I needed to believe that it was true even when all the facts said otherwise.

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

Even at the Gallagher Academy, they dont teach you to break somebodys heart.

But even the Gallagher Academy hadnt figured out a way to help us protect our hearts.

Liz paced and talked like it was just another test. Another challenge. She was looking at it like an exercise in probability - cause and effect. Its the physics of human nature, and to truly understand it, one has to be objective and cool.

I dont want tea, I want justice!

I know. Im sorry. And the bizarre part is that I really am. I want to be good, to use the right fork and wear a pretty linen dress to breakfast. I want to be the girl in the pictures upstairs. But I cant be. That girl is dead.