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

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

And I didn't choose it, Kat. I chose you.

— Ally Carter

And, of course, there are the perfect day, perfect moment, perfect life dreams that sometimes come and make a person hit the snooze button for hours, trying to go back to sleep and make the perfect moments last.

— Ally Carter

And so that means..."" We have to rob the Henley," Simon said. Kat sank onto a truly uncomfortable sofa. "Again.

— Ally Carter

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

And then his arms were around me. When he kissed me it was hungrier somehow, as if this moment was all we had, and we had to taste it, drink it, savor it, and not waste a single drop.

— Ally Carter

As Buckingham talked, I couldn't help but remember that there's a reason they call us Gallagher Girls. It's not just because the youngest of us are twelve. It's also because our founder was under twenty. From the very beginning we have been discounted and discredited, underestimated and undervalued. And, for the most part, we wouldn't have it any other way.

— Ally Carter

Because even though the truth can set you free, that doesn't mean it won't be painful.

— Ally Carter

But even the Gallagher Academy hadn't figured out a way to help us protect our hearts.

— Ally Carter