Quotes from Ally Carter

But I didn't care. Let people judge you. It never changes the truth.

Someone had even told him once that if his father hadn't been president, Logan might have been a good candidate for the Blackthorne Institute (whatever that was - it didn't even have a website), so it felt weird not knowing where he was or where he was going.

Seventh graders jumped onto the backs of FBI agents. Seniors squared off against the CIA.

Power has always corrupted, my dear. Even the promise of power. It is a hard thing to look at through the fence for hundreds of years without wondering what it would be like on the other side.

Alexei has known me for most of my life. And he still sees me as a child. But t could be worse,I realize. He could see what I turned into.

Hope is a delicate thing. A dangerous thing.

Because that's the thing about hope- you can never kill it yourself.

I wouldn't mind meeting a dashing thief," the woman's friend whispered. Hale winked at Kat. Kat raised her eyebrows and whispered, "I'd like to meet one of those, too." Hale brought his hands to his chest, feigning injury, but Kat was far too worried and too tired to play along.

You're still running." "He's right, you know." Kat stopped at the sound of the voice. Her hand was on the doorknob, freedom just inches away, but it was like she'd forgotten how to unlock a door when she turned around and saw Hale sitting alone at the top of the stairs.

But maybe because sometimes a girl just really needs to snap at someone who she knows will forgive her later.

Liz paced and talked like it was just another test. Another challenge. She was looking at it like an exercise in probability - cause and effect. It's the physics of human nature, and to truly understand it, one has to be objective and cool.

So you're a secret society … of librarians?

I know. I'm sorry." And the bizarre part is that I really am. I want to be good, to use the right fork and wear a pretty linen dress to breakfast. I want to be the girl in the pictures upstairs. But I can't be. That girl is dead.

You say kidnap. We say hold in a secure facility until it's safe to turn you over to the proper authorities," Bex replied with a grin. "But to each his own.

It's not safe out there," he says, too close to my ear. "Yeah...well..." I look at him. "Maybe it's not safe in here either.

Even though Kate had only known Hale for a little more than two years, she had seen him in a lot of situations.

I'm your girlfriend? - "No." Alexei shakes his head, then pulls me to him again, holds me closer. "There's not a word in either of our language for what you are to me".

Rule of thumb: when in doubt, find a marine.

You were the only one who looked at me and didn't see her

Not all people with scars are evil.

Or maybe crying is like everything else we do- it's best if you don't get caught.

Some people, after all, don't care who they yell at as long as they have a reason to keep shouting.

Oh, can I? Because what I want to do is strangle you. I want to tie you up and throw you over my shoulder and jump out of a moving train. I want to take you to the coldest place in Siberia, to the darkest part of the moon. I want to keep you safe, Gracie. So the question is, why are you so determined to stop me?" - Alexei

Crazy. I went crazy.