There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear..." he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the last, drawing a deep breath before he said, "Revenge.

— Ally Carter

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

The whole summer lay ahead of us-time to rest, time to wait. And when the future comes-no matter what comes with it-I'll be smarter. I'll be stronger. I'll be ready.

— Ally Carter

Time. I would have gone somewhere to buy time.

— Ally Carter

Time, Ms. McHenry," Townsend said. "It can be a cruel, cruel thing

— Ally Carter

Two days after my dad's funeral, my mom went on a mission. I never understood it until then--that sometimes a spy doesn't need a cover so much as she needs a shield.

— Ally Carter

Unusual financial activity: none, unless you count the fact that someone in the family is way too into Civil War biographies. (Can this be a possible indication of Confederate insurgents still living and working in Virginia? Must research further.)

— Ally Carter

Waiting. Like it or not, it's a skill all spies have to master eventually.

— Ally Carter

We're going to be okay." Here's the thing about being a spy: sometimes all you have been your lies. They protect your cover and keep your secrets, and right then I needed to believe that it was true even when all the facts said otherwise.

— Ally Carter

What kind of plan B?" Hale asked. He was almost holding his breath when a voice answered, "My kind." Malay 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. Malay couldn't help herself, she envied him.

— Ally Carter