Ally Carter
Writer
1974-01-01
Ally Carter is the pen name of Sarah Leigh Fogleman, an American author of young adult and adult fiction.
Quotes by Ally Carter
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You know - Hale's breath was warm against Kat's ear in the chilly ballroom- I don't know that both of us really have to be here.... The slide changed. While hundreds of mathematicians waited with baited breath, the boy beside Kat whispered,I could go make some calls... check on some things...Play some blackjack?Well, when in Rome...Rome is tomorrow, babe, Kat reminded him.He nodded. Right.
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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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Kat, Hale groaned, then fell back onto the pillows.Funny, I didn't hear a doorbell.I let myself in; hope that's okay.Hale smiled. Or the alarm.She stepped inside, tossed a pocket-size bag of tools onto the bed. You're due for an upgrade.Hale propped himself against the antique headboard and squinted up at her.She returns. He crossed his arms across his bare chest. You know, I could be naked in here.
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You know you're smarter than all of them, right? Hale said flatly.In fact, if you wanted to PROVE it...He glanced at the blackjack tables.Simon shook his head. I don't count cards, Hale.Don't? Hale smiled. Or won't? You know, technically, it's not illegal.But it's frowned upon.Sweat beaded at Simon's brow. He sounded like someone had just suggested he swim after eating... run with scissors... It is SERIOUSLY frowned upon.
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Do you understand any of this? he said, pointing to the lines and symbols that covered the massive screens.Some people understand the value of an education.Hale stretched and crossed his legs, the settled his arm around Kat's shoulders.That's sweet, Kat. Maybe later I'll buy you a university. And an ice cream.I'd settle for the ice cream.Deal.
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I thought the morning would bring change. But I should have known that it doesn't take that long for change to happen - it takes a second. A moment. In a single breath, reality as you know it can simply fall away.
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A lot of people think that being a Gallagher Girl means not being afraid of anything. Actually, that couldn't be further from the truth. It's not about ignoring fear. It's about facing it, knowing the risks and the costs and sacrificing safety and security anyway.
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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.
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A mind is totally big enough to get lost inside - to go crazy if you're left with too much time and too much room to let your biggest fears run free.
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Do you know what pain is, Cammie? It's thebody's physical response to imminent harm.It is the mind's way of telling us to move ourhand off the stove or let go of the brokenglass.
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You really saw some? Liz said an hour later. Sure, we had the stereo blaring and the shower running, but Liz still whispered, They really...exist? Liz, I whispered back, they're not unicorns. No, Bex said flatly, they're boys. And they're...good.
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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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-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.
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the only way Bex would miss this would be if she were unconscious. And tied up. And in a concrete bunker. In Siberia.
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But that's the thing about being the girl who's spent years convincing the world she's not afraid of anything: At some point, someone is going to find out you're afraid of everything.
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Fear is a weakness. It makes a person lose her nerve and her cool. It makes people jumpy and organizations nervous, and when that happens, there is always a chance to take advantage.
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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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And so that means...We have to rob the Henley, Simon said.Kat sank onto a truly uncomfortable sofa. Again.
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Time, Ms. McHenry, Townsend said. It can be a cruel, cruel thing
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Time. I would have gone somewhere to buy time.
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