Quotes from Ally Carter

So... I take it that's the man in your life.

If anything happens, Marcus will save you. Won't you, Marcus? Hale asked, looking up at the man, who nodded. It would be an honor, Miss.

Lies," Mr Solomon said the next morning as he walked into the classroom. "We tell them to our friends," he said. "We tell them to our enemies. And eventually...we tell them to ourselves.

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

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

Most little girls in England grow up wanting to marry a prince. Bex grew up wanting to kick James Bond's butt and assume his double-0 ranking.

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.

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

Tell me or I'll yell for Mr. and Mrs. Baxter, and you can find out how bex became bex

And I didn't choose it, Kat. I chose you.

Number of empty Ben & Jerry's containers: 3 -- two mint chocolate cookie, one plain vanilla. (Who buys plain vanilla ice cream from Ben & Jerry's, anyway? Is there a greater waste?)

Don't get it right, get it written.

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.

Listen to me." He grabbed my arms, holding me there. " I couldn't find you. And I will never forgive myself for that. Ever.

I know in the spy movies it always looks really cool when the operative goes from a maid's uniform to a slinky, sexy, ballgown in the amount of time it takes an elevator to climb three floors. Well, I don't know how it is for TV spies, but I can tell you that even with Velcro, the art of the quick change is one that must take a lot of practice (not to mention better lighting than one is likely to find in a tunnel that was once part of the underground railroad).

Thanks to you, Gabs, we just figured out a half dozen ways not to rob the Henley.

Pretend and it will be true.

Of course, the downside of attending a fictional school is that our lacrosse team sucks.

Time, the greatest thief of all.

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.

Just so you know Gallagher Girl,' he whispered softly, 'I'm going to kiss you now.

I needed to see you. And touch you. And just... know

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.

He looked as though I'd just run over his pet puppy (though no actual puppies were harmed in the formation of that metaphor).