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“What is a Gallagher Girl?
She's a genius, a scientist, a heroine, a spy... a Gallagher Girl is whatever she wants to be.”
― Ally Carter, United We Spy

“Women of the Gallagher Academy, who comes here?" she asked.

Just then, every girl at every table (even the newbies) stood and said in unison, "We are the sisters of Gillian."

"Why do you come?" my mother asked.

"To learn her skills. Honor her sword. And keep her secrets."

"To what end do you work?"

"To the cause of justice and light."

"How long will you strive?"

"For all the days of our lives," we finished and I felt a little like a character in one of my grandma's soap operas.”
― Ally Carter, I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“How Not to Break Into Sublevel Two
(A list by Cameron Morgan, with help from Macey McHenry)

....

-Teleportation: Sure, Liz says she has an excellent working theory, but she doesn't have a prototype yet. And without a prototype it's pretty much a moot point.

-That thing Bex's parents did in Dubai with liquid nitrogen, an earthquake simulator, and a ferret: Because we don't have a ferret.”
― Ally Carter, Only the Good Spy Young

“Step 4: Cough and gag.
Step 5: Repeat Step 4 until it feels like maybe your lungs aren't inside your body anymore.
Step 6: Remember that a really cute boy is beside you, so try to cough in a far more attractive manner.”
― Ally Carter, Only the Good Spy Young

“And Zach was taking his jacket off and draping it around my shoulders, which (according to Liz, who double checked with Macey) is the single-sexiest thing a guy can do.”
― Ally Carter, Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“You should have had the decency to die when you needed to."
“Sorry,” I admitted. “I’ve been going through a bit of a rebellious streak. I swear it’s almost over.”
― Ally Carter, United We Spy

“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

“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

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

“Zach,” I said as I lay there “Where did you go? When you were looking for me?”
I shifted in his arms, looked into his eyes.
“Crazy.” His voice was a whisper against my skin. “I went crazy.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“you're the gallagher girl. figure it out."- zach”
― Ally Carter, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

“I think it's kinda nice.' And I did. my mom isn't famous for her pies. No, she's famous for defusing a nuclear device in Brussels with only a pair of cuticle scissors and a ponytail holder. Somehow, at the moment, pies seemed cooler.”
― Ally Carter, I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“I could have lied. I could have fought. But desperate times call for desperate measures, so I took a chance and called upon a Gallagher Girl's weapon of last resort. I flirted”
― Ally Carter, Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“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

“Zach walked away, but I stood there for a long time, wondering if I should go to my mother; if I should go to my friends; but instead I slipped into the corridors I hadn't used in months, pushed my way through cobwebs and darkness, trying to walk away from the tears that burned hot down my cheeks, because maybe I didn't want to admit weakness; maybe I wanted to wallow in my solitude and grief.
Or maybe crying is like everything else we do—it's best if you don't get caught.”
― Ally Carter, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

“rules exist for a reason. Rules exist because when people don't follow them, people get hurt.”
― Ally Carter, Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“Trust. We stake our lives on it, but it's a subject that not even the Gallagher Academy can teach. When do you let your guard down? Who do you let in? And I knew at that moment, as I sat beside my mother, bathing in the warm spring light, that those were the questions a good spy never stops asking”
― Ally Carter, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

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

“ 'Tell Suzie she's a lucky cat.' Have sexier words ever been spoken?”
― Ally Carter

“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.”
― Ally Carter, Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“Because even though the truth can set you free, that doesn't mean it won't be painful.”
― Ally Carter, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

“Learn her skills, honor her sword, and keep her secrets.”
― Ally Carter, Only the Good Spy Young

“Sometimes the biggest lies we tell are to ourselves.”
― Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time

“Sometime years before, I had dragged an old bean bag chair to that place. I watched Zach sink onto it, and then he pulled me down to lean against him. I felt his arms go around me, holding me tight.
I was safe.
I was warm.
I was home.”
― Ally Carter, United We Spy

“The Subject has really blue eyes that twinkle when he looks at someone like she's maybe a little bit insane.”
― Ally Carter, I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“All these years I'd thought being a spy was challenging. Turns out, being a girl is the tricky part.”
― Ally Carter, I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“You should stop and listen to yourselves sometimes. 'We're practically adults, let us run wild.' 'We're only kids, leave us alone.'... You can't have it both ways.”
― Ally Carter, United We Spy

“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.”
― Ally Carter, I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“You never know how you're going to react to something. To anything. Tragedy, joy, heartache. They affect us all in different ways in different times and different places.”
― Ally Carter, United We Spy

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