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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• 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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• 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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• I tell you, I'm half tempted to break into CIA custody just so I can break Joe Solomon out of CIA custody just so I can break Joe Solomon.

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  Half, Custody, Break

  Ally Carter (2011). “Only the Good Spy Young”, p.183, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Acting like you don’t care is a whole lot easier when you don’t care

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  Acting, Care, Like You

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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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• 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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• What are you looking at? Hale asked. Why are you smiling? I worry when you smile.

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  Worry, Hale

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Sometimes the biggest lies we tell are to ourselves.

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  Lying, Sometimes

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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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• A Gallagher Girl's real grades don’t come in pass or fail—they're measured in life or death.

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  Girl, Real, Failing

  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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• Pretend and it will be true.

  Ally Carter

  Being True

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• Ooh, the silent treatment.

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  Silent Treatment, Silent, Treatment

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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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