Ally Carter Quotes

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• Not knowing you can't do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it.

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  Inspirational, Girly, Knowing

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• She'd absolutely adored the library_an entire building where anyone could take things they didn't own and feel no remorse about it.

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  Building, Feels, Remorse

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• The older I got, the smarter my teachers became.

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  Teacher, Teachers Day, Smarter

  "Out of Sight, Out of Time". Book by Ally Carter, March 13, 2012.

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• It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth.

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  Truth, Lying, Hazards

  Ally Carter (2011). “Heist Society”, p.45, Hachette UK

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• Because even though the truth can set you free, that doesn't mean it won't be painful.

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  Mean, Painful

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• Ooh, the silent treatment.

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  Silent Treatment, Silent, Treatment

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• ...maybe it's only fitting that relationship that started with a lie would end with one.

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  Lying, Fitting, Ends

  Ally Carter (2007). “I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You”, Hyperion

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• 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.

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  Mother, Grief, Long

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• Sometimes people run… to see if you'll come after them

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  Running, People, Sometimes

  Ally Carter (2011). “Gallagher Girls: Don't Judge A Girl By Her Cover”, p.148, Hachette UK

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• How'd you get in here?" She raised her eyebrows. “You pick pockets.” Kat watched his hand fly to his back pocket. “I can pick locks. Looking for this?” she asked, holding up his wallet. “Oops. Maybe I can pick pockets too.

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  Hands, Eyebrows, Pockets

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• The Subject has really blue eyes that twinkle when he looks at someone like she's maybe a little bit insane.

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  Eye, Blue, Insane

  Ally Carter (2010). “Gallagher Girls: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You”, p.89, Hachette UK

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• What kind of plan B?" Hale asked. He was almost holding his breath when a voice answered, "My kind." Macey tried to read the look on his face then, but it was gone in a flash. It had been a simple moment of peace and joy and pure happiness. That voice made Hale happy. It kept him calm. It was his backup and his conscience. Macey couldn't help herself, she envied him.

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  Simple, Voice, Joy

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• Like many authors, I caught the writing bug during my teenage years. I don't remember the exact day or year, but I remember that reading S.E. Hinton's 'The Outsiders' sparked my interest in writing.

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  Teenage, Reading, Writing

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• ...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).

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  Doe, Easy, Plans

  Ally Carter (2011). “Only the Good Spy Young”, p.162, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

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  Powerful, Lying, Men

  Ally Carter (2011). “Uncommon Criminals”, p.225, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• It was epic. It was awkward. It was epically awkward.

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  Epic, Awkward

  Ally Carter (2013). “Gallagher Girls: United We Spy”, p.68, Hachette UK

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• Sometimes it takes an outsider, someone with fresh eyes to see the truth.

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  Eye, Outsiders, Sometimes

  Ally Carter (2011). “Heist Society”, p.75, Hachette UK

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• Basement?' Hamish cried, then glanced at his brother. 'You hear this fellow? He thinks we can just go on down to the furnace and start tinkering?' Angus laughed. 'He probably wouldn't care at all if the whole place went boom, he wouldn't.' At this the guard bristled and stood up even straighter. 'Now see here---' 'No, you see, my good man. Out here, see, we've got snow. So in there, I'd bet, you've got heat. And where there's heat there's gas; and where there's gas there's...' Angus trailed off while his brother said, 'boom.

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  Brother, Men, Thinking

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• So I stepped away, reminding myself that when you're a spy, sometimes all you can do is go on. One foot in front of the other, wherever the narrow path might lead.

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  Feet, Spy, Goes On

  Ally Carter (2013). “Gallagher Girls: United We Spy”, p.8, Hachette UK

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• You cannot con an honest man.

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  Honesty, Men, Honest

  Ally Carter (2011). “Uncommon Criminals”, p.232, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Your test had cheese meteor questions?" - Bex to Liz.

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  Liz, Tests, Meteors

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• Hey anyone who thinks a non-military–grade rappelling cable can support the weight of two grown men and a miniature donkey deserves to fall off a cliff.

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  Military, Fall, Men

  Ally Carter (2011). “Uncommon Criminals”, p.29, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I didn't know there were this many math guys," Hale said as they stepped onto the crowded concourse. Kat cleared her throat. "And women," he added. "Math women.

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  Math, Guy, Hale

  Ally Carter (2011). “Heist Society”, p.40, Hachette UK

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• 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.

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  Hate, Wrath, People

  Ally Carter (2013). “Gallagher Girls: United We Spy”, p.216, Hachette UK

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

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  Powerful, Two, Secret

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