Quotes by Ally Carter

Two days after my dads funeral, my mom went on a mission. I never understood it until then--that sometimes a spy doesnt need a cover so much as she needs a shield.

How sweet is that? I know Im no boy expert, but I have heard entire lectures on reading body language, and I have to say that assuming that a person will have forgotten your name is way high on my indicators of humbleness list (not that I have one, but I totally have a starting point now).

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

Did you see Grace is back with us?Megan did see me. She saw me jump off a cliff and crawl under an Iranian fence. Megan has seen plenty. And I cant help but hold my breath, waiting on her answer.Hi, Megan says, turning to me. Welcome home.Home. The word hits me. Ive spent all my life thinking that I didnt have one, but now that Im back I cant deny that Ive spent more my life on Embassy Row than in any other place-that maybe it just wasnt my mothers childhood home. In a way, its mine, too.

On most guys, Hales smile would have looked sheepish. On him, it was so roguishly charming that Kats heart actually skipped a beat.

As Buckingham talked, I couldnt help but remember that theres a reason they call us Gallagher Girls. Its not just because the youngest of us are twelve. Its also because our founder was under twenty. From the very beginning we have been discounted and discredited, underestimated and undervalued. And, for the most part, we wouldnt have it any other way.

Thats the thing about being a criminal, Kat told her. Nothing ever goes according to plan.

Ok, he says. First lesson.Noah broadens his stance, taking his place firmly on the embassy side of the threshold. in the United States, he says. Then, with both feet, he leaps on to the sidewalk. Out of the United States. Quickly, he jumps back toward me. In the United States. Another jump across the threshold. Out of the United States. In. Out. In --Is this the part where I hit you?

I needed to see you. And touch you. And just... know

And then his arms were around me. When he kissed me it was hungrier somehow, as if this moment was all we had, and we had to taste it, drink it, savor it, and not waste a single drop.

There are many ways a self-respecting (not to mention sane) teenage girl might react to having a teenage boy suddenly in her bedroom in the middle of the night.Hit.Panic.Flail.Freeze.

I can sleep anywhere. Planes. Trains. Sofa. Lawn chairs. Call it the upside to my life as an army brat. Never having a home means, I guess, that everywhere is your home. There is absolutely no place Im anxious to return to. But this is different.Im not trying to fall asleep in someplace new; Im trying to fall asleep in someplace thats old.

Eventually, we all end up alone.

My name is Cammie!” I didn’t think about all the people I could have woken, all the alarms that might have gone off. I just snapped, “How did you know about Boston? Why are you working with Mr. Solomon now? Are you my friend or are you my enemy, Zach? Or, wait, let me guess, you can’t tell me.

But guilt isnt smart. It isnt logical. It doesnt only live in the places it belongs.

Honor is overrated.

She really wants to be my friend, I realize, and suddenly I feel very sorry for her. She doesnt know what a terrible thing it is shes asking for.

Ill be here when you get back.

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

Somtimes people run to see if youll ever come after them. -Joe