“Somebody knows.”
Ally Carter“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.”
Ally Carter, Heist Society“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.”
Ally Carter, Heist Society“Not knowing you can't do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it.”
Ally Carter“Somebody knows.”
Ally Carter“Lies aren't just the things we tell -- they're the lives we lead.”
Ally Carter, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy“I don’t understand hate. I’ve seen its power. I’ve known its wrath. I’ve even felt it coursing through my veins, pushing me on. But I don’t know where it comes from or why it lasts, how it can take hold in some people and grow.”
Ally Carter, United We Spy“Honor is overrated.”
Ally Carter, See How They Run“But guilt isn't smart. It isn't logical. It doesn't only live in the places it belongs.”
Ally Carter, See How They Run“There's a power that comes with silence. I had grown to fear the unsaid thing. So it felt like a release to say it-to admit that the risk wasn't just inside our walls-it was inside my skin. I was willing to claw, scratch, and bleed until I'd found it.”
Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time“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.”
Ally Carter, See How They Run