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“And as every spy knows, common enemies are how allies always begin.”

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Ally Carter is an American author known for her young adult novels, characterized by suspense and espionage themes, which have gained popularity among young readers. more

“Zach walked away, but I stood there for a long time, wondering if I should go to my mother; if I should go to my friends; but instead I slipped into the corridors I hadn't used in months, pushed my way through cobwebs and darkness, trying to walk away from the tears that burned hot down my cheeks, because maybe I didn't want to admit weakness; maybe I wanted to wallow in my solitude and grief. Or maybe crying is like everything else we do—it's best if you don't get caught.”

Ifs Way Want Should Trying Long Wanted Used Mother Walks Grief Wonder Darkness Cry Tears Months Solitude Long Time Weakness My Friends Hot Caught My Way Cheeks Burned Corridors Cobwebs

Author:Ally Carter

“I love being a pavement artist; seriously, I do. It's like when guys who would normally hate being freakishly tall discover basketball, or when girls with abnormally long fingers sit down at a piano. Blending in, going unseen, being a shadow in the sun is what I'm good at. Seeing the shadows, it turns out, is not my natural gift.”

Long Artist Guy Hate Turns Girl Natural Sun Seeing Basketball Shadow Fingers Piano Tall Unseen Pavement Natural Gifts Blending In

Book:Cross My Heart And Hope To Spy

Source: Cross My Heart And Hope To Spy

“Trust. We stake our lives on it, but it's a subject that not even the Gallagher Academy can teach. When do you let your guard down? Who do you let in? And I knew at that moment, as I sat beside my mother, bathing in the warm spring light, that those were the questions a good spy never stops asking”

Moments Light Mother Teach Our Lives Subjects Spring Asking Warm Sat That Moment Stakes Spy Academy Bathing Gallagher

Book:Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (B&N Custom Pub)

Source: Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (B&N Custom Pub)

“Yippee. I’ve been promoted from fire lighter to delivery boy. I’ll write a letter home to Mother. She’ll be so pleased.” --Leif”

Writing Home Mother Boys Fire Letters Delivery Lighters

Book:Storm Glass

Source: Storm Glass

“You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it’s working on; then you can write a novel.”

Writing Mind Waiting Novel

Author:James M. Cain

“A lie is an act of theft. It steals peoples faith and makes them resent themselves”

Lying Stealing Theft Resent

Book:Pegasus Descending: A Dave Robicheaux Novel

Source: Pegasus Descending: A Dave Robicheaux Novel

“I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must do disagreeable things, and does no good to anybody.”

Doe Government Tired Disagreeable Insisting

Book:In His Majesty's Service: Three Novels of Temeraire (His Majesty's Service, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War)

Source: In His Majesty's Service: Three Novels of Temeraire (His Majesty's Service, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War)

“Father may have been wanting in some things, but here he was masterful. Night upon night, I marveled at his power to hold listeners in rapt attention. He could tell a story with such detail, such flourish, that afterwards a man could swear it had been his own memory, and not a tale at all.”

Men May Has Beens Stories Night Father Memories Attention Details Tales Swear Listeners

Author:Seth Grahame-Smith

“For a moment he felt a wild hope: perhaps this really was a nightmare. Perhaps he would awake in his own bed, bathed in sweat, shaking, maybe even crying . . . but alive. Safe. Then he pushed the thought away. Its charm was deadly, its comfort fatal.”

Moments Felt Alive Cry Comfort Bed Safe Awake Charm Nightmare Sweat Shaking

Book:It

Source: It

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