Ally Carter Quotes

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

  Ally Carter

  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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• 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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• Your memory is your first and best weapon, ladies. Learn to use it.

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  Memories, Use, Weapons

  Ally Carter (2008). “Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (B&N Custom Pub)”, Hyperion

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• Even the best thief in the world can't steal time.

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  World, Thieves, Stealing

  Ally Carter (2011). “Heist Society”, p.92, Hachette UK

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• Pretend and it will be true.

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  Being True

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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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• Sometimes the biggest lies we tell are to ourselves.

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  Lying, Sometimes

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• And yet, she knew she could be.

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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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• 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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• It’s the people you hold closest who have the most power to make you bleed.

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  People, Closest

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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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• Denying the undeniable just makes you sound like a fool as well as a liar.

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  Liars, Sound, Fool

  Ally Carter (2011). “Only the Good Spy Young”, p.193, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I never knew there were this many stars." "I can't see them," he told me. "I just see you." "That's one of your cheesier lines," I told him. "It's the altitude," he told me. "I don't have enough oxygen in my brain." "I see.

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  Stars, Oxygen, Brain

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• Ooh, the silent treatment.

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  Silent Treatment, Silent, Treatment

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• The things that are most precious to us are sometimes the most secret.

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  Secret, Sometimes

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• But then the girl moved, and smiled, and pulled her hand from the grate- a gorgeous green stone clutched tightly in her grasp. It was covered with dust and cobwebs, but it was uncracked and unharmed. And, of course, completely fake.

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  Girl, Dust, Hands

  Ally Carter (2011). “Uncommon Criminals”, p.85, 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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• There are some secrets we keep because we can't bear to let them out and some because it's better to keep them in.

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  Secret, Bears

  Ally Carter (2011). “Gallagher Girls: Don't Judge A Girl By Her Cover”, p.131, Hachette UK

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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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• 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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• Don't let two men fall in love with you, girls. It's not the sort of thing that ends well." -Uncle Charles

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  Girl, Falling In Love, Uncles

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