Ally Carter
- A Gallagher Wedding Novella
I was faintly aware of the changing light. A shining, shimmering glow seemed to cover the scaffolding and the woods, the PE barn, and the white tents that caught the fleeting bits of sun. All that was left of the mansion was stone and ash, but my home was there. Forever.
Ally Carter
- United We Spy
But I never finished because then Zach's lips found mine. His hands burned as they left my arms and moved through my hair, bracing the back of my neck. My head still hurt, but there was no music playing. I remember this. I felt my hand run along his chest, his breath warm on the side of my face. I breathed him in-Zach. I remember this. And then he kissed me again, and the kiss was all that mattered. He pulled back, traced his lips across the tender place on my head.
Ally Carter
- Out of Sight, Out of Time
Zach, I said as I lay there, "Where did you go? When you were looking for me?" I shifted in his arms, looked into his eyes. "Crazy." His voice was a whisper against my skin. "I went crazy."
Ally Carter
- Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
There are things spies often carry with them: pocket lighter, fake IDs, and the occasional weapon, camera, hair accessory. But the heaviest things, I think, are the secrets. They can drown you if you let them. As I sat inside sub-level two that day, I knew the one I held was so heavy I might never see the surface again.
Ally Carter
- I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
"So do you come here often?" he asked in a slightly self-mocking way. I couldn't help myself - I smiled. "See, you don't even have to answer that, because I know all the trash cans in town, and while this is a very nice trash can, it doesn't look like the kind of trash can a girl like you would normally scavenge from." I opened my mouth to protest, but he went on. "Now, the trash cans on Seventh Street, those are some very nice trash cans."
Ally Carter
- Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
"Oh, and Cammie," At the sounds of his voice, I spun around, expecting to hear him crack a joke or call me Gallagher Girl. The last thing I expected was to feel his arms sliding around me. To sense the whole world turning upside down, as Zach dipped me in the middle of the foyer and pressed his lips to mine. Then he smiled that smile I'd come to know. "I always finish what I start."
Ally Carter
- I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
I suppose a lot of teenage girls feel invisible sometimes, like they just disappear. Well, that's me-Cammie the Chameleon. But I'm luckier than most because, at my school, that's considered cool. I go to a school for spies.
Ally Carter
- Only the Good Spy Young
I wanted to pull away, remind him that I was a big girl, a highly trained operative, a spy - that I'd been training for this mission my entire life, and I wasn't going to be left on the sidelines. But in the dim space with Zach pressed tightly against me, only one thought came to mind. I kissed him - longer and deeper than I ever had before. The school was not watching us this time. There was nothing playful in the tone. We were just two people kissing as if for the first time, as if it might be.
Walt Disney
- Cinderella
Cinderella believed in dreams, all right, but she also believed in doing something about them. When Prince Charming didn't come along, she went over to the palace and got him.
Walt Disney
Whatever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do.
Adrienne Shelly
- Waitress
Dear Baby: If I was writing you a letter, it would probably sounds something like an apology. I know everyone deserves a mama who'd want a nice baby such as yourself... who was also a good wife, a fine member of a society. And I can't rightly say that I'm any of that. And I'm not sure the world is such a fine place to bringing you. Many of the people I've met are not worth meeting. Many of the things that happened are not worth living through. And you shouldn't take it personal, Baby... if I do.
Adrienne Shelly
- Waitress
I hope someday somebody wants to hold you for 20 minutes straight and that's all they do. They don't pull away. They don't look at your face. They don't try to kiss you. All they do is wrap you up in their arms and hold on tight, without an ounce of selfishness to it.
Jenny Han
- To all The Boys I've loved Before
I've never gotten a love letter before. But reading these notes like this, one after the other, it feels like I have. It's like... it's like there's only ever been Peter. Like everyone else that came before him, they were all to prepare me for this. I think I see the difference now, between loving someone from afar and loving someone up close. When you see them up close, you see the real them, but they also get to see the real you. And Peter does. He sees me, and I see him.
