Top 350 Ally Carter Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “It was a nearly starless sky. Black clouds hung heavy overhead, blocking out the moon.”

— Ally Carter

152. “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.”

— Ally Carter

153. “MTV will lead us to believe that the B word has become a term of endearment or slang among equals, but I still mainly think of it as the insult of choice for the inarticulate.”

— Ally Carter

154. “No one would have ever guessed that seven of the world’s most talented teenagers were coming to the Henley that day for an entirely different sort of lesson.”

— Ally Carter

155. “But I should have known that it doesn’t take that long for change to happen – it takes a second.”

— Ally Carter

156. “She really wants to be my friend, I realize, and suddenly I feel very sorry for her. She doesn’t know what a terrible thing it is she’s asking for.”

— Ally Carter

157. “My breath is coming too hard. I want to cry. To scream. To die.”

— Ally Carter

158. “Count me in, Kat.” He squeezed her tighter. “You should always count me in.” – W. W. Hale the Fifth.”

— Ally Carter

159. “I know not all people with scars are evil,” I snap. “I’m not living in a cartoon.”

— Ally Carter

160. “So just out of curiosity, what do you think I’m worth?” he asked when he just couldn’t help himself. “I mean, it isn’t often a person’s put on the open market. What is the going rate for presidents’ sons these days? Is it more or less than what you guys were going to get for my mother? Accounting for inflation, of course.”

— Ally Carter

161. “Hamish’s right arm was around Angus’s waist as the two of them tangoed past.”

— Ally Carter

162. “Some people understand the value of an education.” Hale stretched and crossed his legs, then 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.”

— Ally Carter

163. “Note to self: Rachel Morgan is a totally awesome liar.”

— Ally Carter

164. “They stayed in the Shadows. But shadows are the perfect place from which to watch, to see.”

— Ally Carter

165. “Our world is built on adrenaline and getting away with it. Different cities different names. Its a far simpler life to lead when there is one around to tell you when you are being stupid. Believe me dear cousin I know better than anyone. – Gabrielle.”

— Ally Carter

166. “I wrapped my arms around my knees and stared through the window’s wavy glass. The red velvet curtains were drawn around the tiny alcove, and I was enveloped by an odd sense of peace, knowing that in twenty minutes, the halls were going to be crowded; music was going to be blaring; and I was going to go from being an only child to one of a hundred sisters, so I knew to savor the silence while it lasted.”

— Ally Carter

167. “Don’t make anything more difficult than it has to be.”

— Ally Carter

168. “Because that’s the thing about hope- you can never kill it yourself.”

— Ally Carter

169. “But the part I remember most was when a man stepped out onto the high wire, fifty feet about the ground. By the time he reached the other side, five other people had climbed onto his shoulders, but I wasn’t watching him – I was too busy starting at my father, who looked on as if he knew what it felt like, up there without a net.”

— Ally Carter

170. “It turned out, when pretty tall, pretty handsome boys needed to shave they became less “pretty” and more... handsome.”

— Ally Carter

171. “You should always trust the instincts of children.”

— Ally Carter

172. “He didn’t need to find a way into the Gallagher Academy, he told himself. He’d be walking through the front doors soon enough.”

— Ally Carter

173. “Oh you’re heist-drunk Kitty Kat. And you have been since the Henley.”

— Ally Carter

174. “You are my best friend. And sometimes I like to check and make sure my friends aren’t dead.”

— Ally Carter

175. “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.”

— Ally Carter

176. “Strapless bras? Well let’s just say, I’m the kind of girl who likes things sufficiently strapped.”

— Ally Carter

177. “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.”

— Ally Carter

178. “Maybe wrist corsages cut off circulation to the brain? I mean, is that why so many girls do stupid things on prom night? I.”

— Ally Carter

179. “The boy doesn’t wink, but he gives me the kind of smile that goes with one.”

— Ally Carter

180. “Oh.? I shot upright. ‘I was in Mongolia.’ Note to self: learn to be a less extreme liar.”

— Ally Carter

181. “The window can be fixed, Katerina. I’m far more concerned about him.”

— Ally Carter

182. “Despite popular belief, hitting someone with a closed fist actually hurts the hitter almost as much as the hittee.”

— Ally Carter

183. “But guilt isn’t smart. It isn’t logical. It doesn’t only live in the places it belongs.”

— Ally Carter

184. “I was thirteen when I saw my mother die, when I told my story. When I started “having a hard time,” as my grandfather likes to say. Would they have locked me up if I’d been thirty? If I’d been a boy? It’s a question I do not dare to ask.”

— Ally Carter

185. “You’d better not be trying to steal that,” she said. The boy shrugged and reached for the small rolling suitcase at her feet. “I wouldn’t dare.” “Because I’m an excellent yeller.” “I don’t doubt it.” “And fighter. My cousin gave me this nail file... the thing’s just like a switchblade.”

— Ally Carter

186. “And I remember “normal” might never be the same again.”

— Ally Carter

187. “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.”

— Ally Carter

188. “Let’s have a baby, Abs. We’ve taken down terrorist cells. Surely we can handle one little baby. Spies.”

— Ally Carter

189. “I didn’t know what was more disturbing – the fact that something was obviously wrong, or that three faculty members of the world’s premiere spy school had forgotten to lock the door.”

— Ally Carter

190. “Should alcoholics go to liquor stores?”

— Ally Carter

191. “Macey couldn’t decide whether to be intrigued that Hale was walking around with a state-of-the-art covert communications device or be jealous because she’d been caught without one of her own.”

— Ally Carter

192. “It was the first time in years I didn’t wonder if my father was out there, looking at it too.”

— Ally Carter

193. “What kind of plan B?” Hale asked. He was almost holding his breath when a voice answered, “My kind.” Macey tried to read the look on his face then, but it was gone in a flash. It had been a simple moment of peace and joy and pure happiness. That voice made Hale happy. It kept him calm. It was his backup and his conscience. Macey couldn’t help herself, she envied him.”

— Ally Carter

194. “One day, you will see that the heart is not always as wise as it is strong.”

— Ally Carter

195. “The Subject has really blue eyes that twinkle when he looks at someone like she’s maybe a little bit insane.”

— Ally Carter

196. “Sitting there that day, I knew that the only thing I could do was keep putting one foot in front of the other, hoping none of the secrets on my shoulders would make me lose my balance.”

— Ally Carter

197. “She didn’t protest as Hale slid his arm around her and pulled her to rest against his chest. It was somehow softer there than she remembered.”

— Ally Carter

198. “She draped her arm through mine, and, as we walked, I was sure she probably looked chic and cool and European. I felt slow and clumsy and American.”

— Ally Carter

199. “That’s the thing about being a criminal,” Kat told her. “Nothing ever goes according to plan.”

— Ally Carter

200. “And then, more than anything, I wanted to stop hearing Macey’s words, It’s okay for you to like him, because sometimes not liking someone is easier.”

— Ally Carter