I knew she was right. Of course, she was right. BEX was always right. She knew me better than I knew myself. But then again, isn't that a best friend's job?

— Ally Carter

I know. I'm sorry." And the bizarre part is that I really am. I want to be good, to use the right fork and wear a pretty linen dress to breakfast. I want to be the girl in the pictures upstairs. But I can't be. That girl is dead.

— Ally Carter

I know too well how dangerous hope can be, how it grows and sometimes dies, taking its host with it. It's more powerful than anything Dr. Fibs keeps in his labs, more precious than all the secrets inside Sublevel Two.

— Ally Carter

I'll be here when you get back.

— Ally Carter

-I'm your girlfriend?- "No." Alexei shakes his head, then pulls me to him again, holds me closer. "There's not a word in either of our language for what you are to me".

— Ally Carter

I needed to see you. And touch you. And just... know

— Ally Carter

I sprung you because I've got a message for you""doesn't your family own a cell phone company?""only a little one

— Ally Carter

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

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

I think it's kinda nice.' And I did. My mom isn't famous for her pies. No, she's famous for defusing a nuclear device in Brussels with only a pair of cuticle scissors and a ponytail holder. Somehow, at the moment, pies seemed cooler.

— Ally Carter