Top 380 Ally Carter Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “It was the first time in years I didn’t wonder if my father was out there, looking at it too.”

— Ally Carter

202. “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

203. “Money comes and goes, darling. Tiaras are forever. So are titles.” Gabrielle.”

— Ally Carter

204. “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

205. “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

206. “You might think being the target of an international terrorist organization, an amnesiac, and a girl with hair dyed in the middle of the night by Macey McHenry would make people stare at you. Well, try walking into the Grand Hall with seriously puffy eyes while holding hands. With a boy.”

— Ally Carter

207. “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

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

— Ally Carter

209. “When I took aim at the very place Amirah had been just seconds before and pulled the trigger, I knew the risk. I knew the cost. And I would do it all over again in a heartbeat if I had to.”

— Ally Carter

210. “And all around me, there are people. Beautiful people. Awkward people. People who are so engrossed with the person beside them that I highly doubt they even remember where they are. People who want to be anywhere but here.”

— Ally Carter

211. “I seem to be at a disadvantage,” she told him. “Don’t feel bad.” He grinned. “Most people are.”

— Ally Carter

212. “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.”

— Ally Carter

213. “But I never finished because then Zach’s lips found mine. His hands burned as they left my arms and moved through my hair, bracing the back of my neck. My head still hurt, but there was no music playing. “I remember this.” I felt my hand run along his chest, his breath warm on the side of my face. I breathed him in – Zach. “I remember this.” And then he kissed me again, and the kiss was all that mattered. He pulled back, traced his lips across the tender place on my head.”

— Ally Carter

214. “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

215. “The only way to silence the cries is by making no sound at all.”

— Ally Carter

216. “So do you come here often?” he asked in a slightly self-mocking way. I couldn’t help myself – I smiled. “see, you don’t even have to answer that, because I know all the trash cans in town, and while this is a very nice trash can, it doesn’t look like the kind of trash can a girl like you would normally scavenge from.” I opened my mouth to protest, but he went on. “Now, the trash cans on Seventh Street, those are some very nice trash cans.”

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

218. “Kat didn’t know what to say. It’s good to see you too? Thanks for getting me kicked out? Is it possible you’ve gotten even hotter? I think I might have missed you?”

— Ally Carter

219. “Hush, little princess, wait and see. No one’s gonna know that you are me.”

— Ally Carter

220. “I wondered if I had ever been that small. I saw the innocence in their eyes, and I knew somehow that I would never feel that way again. I’d seen too much – I knew too little.”

— Ally Carter

221. “Even the longest con was never more than an assortment of moments that were in themselves very very short.”

— Ally Carter

222. “I think the canary left some feathers in there after you ate it.”

— Ally Carter

223. “This is her world. Her domain. Politics and intricate back-alley deals, trade alliances formed over champagne and shrimp cocktail.”

— Ally Carter

224. “Also, you don’t really realize how much weekend time is actually hang-out-with-your-friends time until the aforementioned friends are acting all weird around you.”

— Ally Carter

225. “Sure, this was where her father had planned the De Beers diamond heist when she was three. It was the very room where her uncle had orchestrated the hijacking of eighty percent of the world’s caviar when she was seven.”

— Ally Carter

226. “And I didn’t choose it, Kat. I chose you.”

— Ally Carter

227. “Teenage girls read in packs. It’s true today, and it was true when I was a teen growing up in a small town in northeast Oklahoma.”

— Ally Carter

228. “There are different kinds of darkness, and Joe Solomon knew them all. From the black that lives behind blindfolds to the deep shadows of prison cells built underground. He’d seen everything. But he never could get used to how the darkness of midnight always feels different from the darkness of dawn. One marks the end and the other the beginning, but as he sat beside the perfectly still water and watched the sky begin to brighten, he honestly didn’t know which one was coming.”

— Ally Carter

229. “Maddie had never really understood why they had four chairs. It’s not like they did a lot of entertaining. Not unless you counted the time Maddie had forgotten to lock up her cereal in an airtight container and a bear had tried to break through the cabin’s front door. Which Maddie totally did not count. That bear hadn’t been invited and would never be welcome again.”

— Ally Carter

230. “Honor is overrated.”

— Ally Carter

231. “You’re going to have to find another way to your room... Oh, and Cameron, dear, please make sure your alternative route doesn’t involve crawling inside any walls.”

— Ally Carter

232. “It’s simple: just give the eyes something new to look at so that the mind doesn’t truly see.”

— Ally Carter

233. “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.”

— Ally Carter

234. “When number one fails, convince them that leaving you behind by yourself is a BAD idea.”

— Ally Carter

235. “Your mom said I could plan the wedding. She doesn’t care, and between you and me I’m so relieved. It was going to be really hard to manipulate her into letting me make all the decisions anyway. – Macey.”

— Ally Carter

236. “Sometimes you forgive people simply becuase you still want them in your life.”

— Ally Carter

237. “Cammie!” I’ll never forget the tone of Macey’s voice in that moment. “Cam,” she said slowly, moving toward me, “I know how it feels to be watched every second of every day. I know what it’s like to trust fewer and fewer people until it seems like you are completely alone in the world. I know you think the only things that are left in your life are the bad things. I know what you’re feeling, Cam.” Her hands were on my shoulders. Her blue eyes were staring into mine. “I know.”

— Ally Carter

238. “Bex gave me a wink, and for a second I thought about Zach. I know this probably makes me the worst unofficial girlfriend ever, but it was kind of nice not having him there. It felt good to be just us girls again. It was nice to have the chance to miss him.”

— Ally Carter

239. “He’s been looking at me like I’ve been drinking, and I can’t blame him. My dress is ripped and my words slur. I’m not myself, I think, bu then I realize something even scarier: I am exactly myself.”

— Ally Carter

240. “I felt Mr. Smith’s pop bottle in my hand, and for a second I couldn’t remember why I would be carrying such a thing. I know. I’m almost ashamed of it now – the fact that ten seconds with a boy had driven my mission from my mind. But I did look at it, and I did remember who I was – why I was there – and I knew it was time to forget about boys and trash cans and cats named Suzie; I remembered what was real and what was legend.”

— Ally Carter

241. “Megan wanted to be friends with me? I think back on all the times the two of us were thrust together: companions of last resort. I always thought she resented having to come play with me. And as a result, I hated having to play with her. But maybe we were both wrong. Maybe we were just two proud and stubborn little girls who were just too proud and stubborn.”

— Ally Carter

242. “So, either they love pasta or are a family of axe murderers?” I quipped.”

— Ally Carter

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

— Ally Carter

244. “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.”

— Ally Carter

245. “That wasn’t your mom in you – that was your dad.”

— Ally Carter

246. “I’ve never heard of it. And, I don’t like to brag, but I read a lot. I mean a lot. And most of it is classified. – Megan.”

— Ally Carter

247. “And, most of all, these women remembered what their mothers and grandmothers had learned from the Romans, the Byzantines, the Turks, and the Mongols: that history almost always repeats itself. And it is almost always written by men.”

— Ally Carter

248. “I thought about the ravens, and I spread my wings to fly...”

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249. “Is it true he killed a Turkish ambassador with a thong?” I wasn’t sure if she was talking about the sandals or the panties, but.”

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250. “So I stepped away, reminding myself that when you’re a spy, sometimes all you can do is go on. One foot in front of the other, wherever the narrow path might lead.”

— Ally Carter