Top 350 Ally Carter Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “Another door swung open, and another guard appeared, this time with Gabrielle, who wore a black catsuit and rappelling harness.”

— Ally Carter

152. “Hiding is for amateurs.”

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

154. “I don’t think Rachel Morgan would want to work beside the man who killed her husband. – Townsend.”

— Ally Carter

155. “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

156. “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

157. “I never did anything to you, Grace! I never did anything at all. I’ve been trying to be your friend since we were six years old, but I’m not good enough for you, I guess. I’ve never been good enough for you.”

— Ally Carter

158. “I looked up at the fireworks that filled the sky. It was exactly the kind of moment when Zack liked to show up say something cryptic, and kiss me.”

— Ally Carter

159. “But as I looked at everything I was supposed to carry and thought about all the things I was supposed to know, I had to wonder: Do all girls go through this? Is every girl on a date really in deep cover?”

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

165. “And then, despite everything, I smiled and looked at the note and knew that spring would come – it always does. so I stared out that cold window, watching my breath collect on the glass, trying not to think about my life after the thaw.”

— Ally Carter

166. “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

167. “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

168. “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

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

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

171. “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

172. “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

173. “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

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

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

176. “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

177. “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

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

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

182. “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

183. “Should alcoholics go to liquor stores?”

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

187. “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

188. “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

189. “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

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

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

192. “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

193. “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

194. “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

195. “Sleep every chance you get. Eat every chance you get. Those were two of the many lessons that Kat learned at her father’s knee and her uncle’s table.”

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

198. “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

199. “But the downside of being con artist is that it very hard to con. Even if the lies you tell are to yourself.”

— Ally Carter

200. “I sang because that is what I do when I am happy and when I’m sad. I sang because it is who I am when I am being the best possible version of me.”

— Ally Carter