154 quotes found
Writer · American · 1974
American writer (born 1974)
“I don't want tea, I want justice!”
“There are many ways a self-respecting (not to mention sane) teenage girl might react to having a teenage boy suddenly in her bedroom in the middle of the night.Hit.Panic.Flail.Freeze.”
“I can sleep anywhere. Planes. Trains. Sofa. Lawn chairs. Call it the upside to my life as an army brat. Never having a home means, I guess, that everywhere is your home. There is absolutely no plac...”
“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 w...”
“Okay, gang," I said, "according to blueprints, there's an elevator access panel on the east side of the building. We may get a little dirty, but""I thought we'd just go through the doors," Liz said...”
“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. Bu...”
“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.”
“How sweet is that? I know I'm no boy expert, but I have heard entire lectures on reading body language, and I have to say that assuming that a person will have forgotten your name is way high on my...”
“Eventually, we all end up alone.”
“No! I need to go home," I say, but then the realization comes: My mother was my home. My mother is dead.”
“Did you see Grace is back with us?"Megan did see me. She saw me jump off a cliff and crawl under an Iranian fence. Megan has seen plenty. And I can't help but hold my breath, waiting on her answer....”
“On most guys, Hale's smile would have looked sheepish. On him, it was so roguishly charming that Kat's heart actually skipped a beat.”
“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 t...”
“My name is Cammie! I didnt think about all the people I could have woken, all the alarms that might have gone off. I just snapped, How did you know about Boston? Why are you working with Mr. Solomo...”
“But guilt isn't smart. It isn't logical. It doesn't only live in the places it belongs.”
“Honor is overrated.”
“She really wants to be my friend, I realize, and suddenly I feel very sorry for her. She doesn't know what a terrible thing it is she's asking for.”
“I'll be here when you get back.”
“Count me in, Kat." He squeezed her tighter. "You should always count me in." - W. W. Hale the Fifth”
“Somtimes people run to see if you'll ever come after them. -Joe”
