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“I thought about how there are two types of secrets: the kind you want to keep in, and the kind you don't dare to let out.”
― Ally Carter, Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“the only way Bex would miss this would be if she were unconscious. And tied up. And in a concrete bunker. In Siberia.”
― Ally Carter, Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth.”
― Ally Carter, Heist Society

“Not knowing you can't do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it.”
― Ally Carter

“But the heaviest things, I think, are the secrets. They can drown you if you let them.”
― Ally Carter, Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“Most little girls in England grow up wanting to marry
a prince. Bex grew up wanting to kick James Bond's butt and assume his double-0 ranking.”
― Ally Carter, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

“You really saw some?" Liz said an hour later. Sure, we had the stereo blaring and the shower running, but Liz still whispered, "They really...exist?"
"Liz," I whispered back, "they're not unicorns."
"No," Bex said flatly, "they're boys. And they're...good.”
― Ally Carter, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

“Sometimes people run… to see if you'll come after them”
― Ally Carter, Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“So I hear we get to go to town this weekend. Want to catch a movie or something?
--Z
P.S. That is, if Jimmy doesn't mind.

Translation: This weekend might be a good chance for us to see each other outside our school in a social environment, free of competetiton. I do not view other boys as threats, and I enjoy making them seem insignificant by calling them the wrong names. (Translation by Macey McHenry)”
― Ally Carter, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

“Number of empty Ben & Jerry's containers: 3 -- two mint chocolate cookie, one plain vanilla. (Who buys plain vanilla ice cream from Ben & Jerry's, anyway? Is there a greater waste?)”
― Ally Carter

“...nothing ever happens quickly (except when it does). Nothing is ever, ever easy (except when it is). And, most of all, nothing ever goes perfectly according to plan (except in the movies).”
― Ally Carter, Only the Good Spy Young

“I suppose a lot of teenage girls feel invisible sometimes, like they just disappear. Well, that's me—Cammie the Chameleon. But I'm luckier than most because, at my school, that's considered cool.

I go to a school for spies.”
― Ally Carter, I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“You know,' I whispered, 'some girls might think it's creepy having a boy watch them sleep.'

He smirked and pointed to himself. 'Spy.'

'Oh.' I nodded. 'Right. So you're a trained Peeping Tom.'

'Product of the best peeping academies in the country.'

'Well, now I feel much better.'

'You should.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“Listen to me." He grabbed my arms, holding me there. " I couldn't find you. And I will never forgive myself for that. Ever.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“So you just...left?'

Zach huffed. 'All the cool kids are doing it.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“He was beside me then, his arms wrapped around me, holding me tightly.

"I'm not crazy," I whispered.

"I know."

Believe it or not, that's the most romantic thing Zachary Goode ever told me.

And I kind of loved him for it.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“Life is classified. There is always so much that goes unsaid.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“Excuse me, Abigail, but whose shift did she get away during?' Townsend asked with a glare.

'Excuse me, Townsend, but who was supposed to booby-trap the doors?'

'I'm an agent of Her Majesty's Secret Service,' Townsend said, indignant. 'I do not do booby traps.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“Look at the way the walls curve,' Macey said, her gaze panning around the strangely shaped room. 'it's almost like...'

'The library,' Liz said, and immediately I knew that she was right. It was exactly like the library at the Gallagher Academy, from the position of the fireplace to the tall windows that overlooked the grounds.

'How do you know?' Zach asked.

Liz looked totally insulted. 'Because...uh...library.'

'Okay.' Zach threw up his hands. 'Point taken.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“Because death is the only thing that could have ever kept him from you.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“Townsend shrugged. 'With all due respect to the good doctor, I highly suspect he's a moron.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“Excuse me, but aren't boys forbidden on this floor?' Macey said on our way to the suite.

'That's the advantage of being the only boy,' he (Zach) said. 'No one actually comes right out and makes rules like that.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“Do you know what pain is, Cammie? It’s the
body’s physical response to imminent harm.
It is the mind’s way of telling us to move our
hand off the stove or let go of the broken
glass.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“It's not Cam's fault," Bex told her. "We rigged her bed so that if she gets up, I get an electric shock."

"Liz designed it," Macey said, and Bex shrugged.

"We told you we were taking precautions."

Of course. Because at Gallagher Academy, "precautions" usually equals "voluntary shock therapy".”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“The older I got, the smarter my teachers became.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“Acting like you don’t care is a whole lot easier when you don’t care”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“Now I know that, from this point on, we'll be the ones doing the chasing.
And Iike it.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“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”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“So you're Zach." Townsend didn't even try to hide the judgement in his voice as he looked Zach up and down in some sort of silent but dangerous examination.

Zach huffed but smiled. "so you're Townsend."

The two of them stared for a long time, wordless. It felt like I was watching a documentary on the Nature Channel, something about alpha males in the wild.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“Abby must have been the one who found the safe house, because Townsend didn't like it.

"The building across the street is under construction," he snarled as soon as we'd carried our bags inside.

"The elevator has key card access, and I've hacked into the surveillance cameras from every system on the block," Abby argued. "We have a three-hundred-sixty-degree visual."

"Excellent." Townsend dropped his bag. "Now the circle can see us from every angle."

"Don't mind Agent Townsend, girls," Abby told us. "He's a glass-half-empty kind of spy."

"Also known as the good kind," he countered.

Abby huffed.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time