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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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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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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...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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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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And, of course, there are the perfect day, perfect moment, perfect life dreams that come sometimes and make a person hit the snooze button for hours, trying to go back to sleep and make the perfect moments last.

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Dream, Sleep, Perfect Days

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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'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

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Love You, Gun, Macey Mchenry

Ally Carter (2015). “The Gallagher Girls Omnibus”, Hachette UK

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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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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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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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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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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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Because sometimes not liking someone is easier.

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Liking Someone, Sometimes, Easier

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

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And yet, she knew she could be.

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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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