Quotes from Ally Carter

I've been back less than two weeks, and already I've turned the sweetest girl on Embassy Row into a thief and a conspiracy theorist. Even for me, it is an impressively quick act of corruption.

He raised the gun higher, aiming it over my shoulder, and I knew there were no words—no logic—that could change what he was thinking. So I stopped thinking. I stopped waiting. I stopped planning and fearing and hating the man with the gun. I stopped being afraid for me, and I started caring only about my sister.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words from stupid Russian kidnappers can never hurt me.

Hale, I..." But Hale was still moving, shrinking the distance between them. He seemed impossibly close as he whispered, "And I didn't choose it, Kat. I chose you.

What about you?" he asked. "Are you going to kill me?" Maddie had to think about the answer. "Why would I do that when I just have to get out of the way and let Alaska do it for me?

seasoned operative should always check his or her perimeter at unexpected times and in unexpected ways.

The man is strong. He's huge. But Alexei has something to fight for. And i realise with a start that the something is me. - Grace

Grant didn't look like a sophomore - Grant looked like Brad Pitt's body double.

Maddie shrugged at that. She actually looked like she might start chanting, Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words from stupid Russian kidnappers can never hurt me .

Macey shrugged. "I have a jet," she said, because I guess "free jet" is an asset that should never be undervalued. "Guys, that's awesome, but I can't go to Rome. You know that right?" "But..." Macey started, then trailed off, pointed at her name. "Jet.

And with that, Kat closed her eyes. She didn't see the first flakes of snow fall outside her window. She didn't feel Hale cover her with a blanket. She was already fast asleep.

Above the plains up on the hill there stood a castle bold A gleaming palace made of white, a pillar to behold The horsemen lived in service to the castle and the crown But the knights rose up and killed the kings And it all burned down.

And no matter how many people surround you, that is still the loneliest place on earth.

Grace, if you have used an iron within the last six months, I will eat that fork," Ms. Chancellor says. "Which one?" I try to tease. "You've got a lot of forks to choose from." "From which to choose, Grace. Do not end your sentences in prepositions, dear." "Of course, I totally see what you're getting at. I mean, at what you're getting.

guess we should start by X-raying it," Liz said slowly. "We'll need to scan it for biohazards, of course, and—" Abby lunged forward, cutting Liz off. She didn't hesitate as she grabbed the package and ripped. Scraps of paper and packing material flew everywhere, but no one said a thing as Abby turned the envelope upside down and dumped the contents onto the table. "Or we could do that," Liz finished.

a spy's life isn't about never taking chances. It's about taking chances that are worth the risk.

But Alexandra Petrovic did not become the most powerful politician in Adria by taking no for an answer. "You seem to think that I'm asking, Ms Blakely. Which I'm not." I stop and turn. "And you seem to think that you scare me, Ms Petrovic. Which you don't.

But guilt isn't smart. It isn't logical. It doesn't only live in the places it belongs.

So goodbye from Alaska, where I am the most important person for twenty miles in any direction. (I'm the only person for twenty miles in any direction.) Maddie

Every girl thinks about growing up in a palace. Few ever ponder living in a cage.

Mad Dog." Logan cupped her cheeks with his big, warm hands, made her look up into his eyes. "You're my girl," he said, and then he kissed her, right there in front of their school and his Secret Service detail - right in front of the world. So she kissed him back again. And again. And again. Until he pulled back and looked into her eyes. "If anything goes wrong in there, I'll save you." She took his hand. "Not if I save you first.

You didn't steal me," he whispered, his face so close that she could feel the warmth of his breath. "You rescued me." "Like Rapunzel?" she teased, and he kissed her again. And again. And again.

In a lower voice, Hale asked, "I trust you know what to do?" "Indeed, sir." Marcus stood a little straighter. "I shall endear myself to the staff and find out where all the skeletons are buried. Both literally and figuratively." "We can probably do without the literal skeletons, but I like the enthusiasm," Hale said with a slap on Marcus's arm

For how easy life must be for him. I wish I were bigger, stronger. Male. I wish I could make people stop worrying about me and my so called frailness.