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Every decent con man knows that the simplest truth is more powerful than even the most elaborate lie.

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Ally Carter
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 1
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Sarah Leigh Fogleman
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In a restaurant, tangoing couples circled past, and the look in Hale's eyes was especially mischievous when he told her, Oh, I see. You brought me here so you can have your way with me on the dance floor.
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You know, Ms. Morgan, that was your mother you just hammered, Mr. Solomon said.
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But the heaviest things, I think, are the secrets. They can drown you if you let them.
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He looked as though I'd just run over his pet puppy (though no actual puppies were harmed in the formation of that metaphor).
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Boys! Are they always this impossible? Do they always say cryptic, indecipherable things? (Note to self: work with Liz to adapt her boy-to-English translator into a more mobile form—like maybe a watch or necklace.)
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I’m sorry if I’m not flirting with you. I’m kind of spoken for.
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And then, despite everything, I smiled and looked at the note and knew that spring would come —it always does. so I stared out that cold window, watching my breath collect on the glass, trying not to think about my life after the thaw.
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Should alcoholics go to liquor stores?
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Crouched on the roof between BEx and Liz, I wasn't a girl who had just broken up with her boyfriend I looked at my watch and check my gear instead of crying. I had a mission objective and not a broken heart.
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No one would have ever guessed that seven of the world's most talented teenagers were coming to the Henley that day for an entirely different sort of lesson.
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Even though Cammie is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man seven different ways with her bare hands, she has no idea what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl.
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We're going to be okay. Here's the thing about being a spy: sometimes all you have are 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.
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Time, Ms. McHenry, Townsend said. It can be a cruel, cruel thing
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The older I got, the smarter my teachers became.
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You should have had the decency to die when you needed to. “Sorry,” I admitted. “I’ve been going through a bit of a rebellious streak. I swear it’s almost over.
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Hale!' Kat cried, but the boy only stared at her. 'Fine,' she conceded. 'I love your boat.' 'Ship.' 'Ship ... Your ship is beautiful.
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We're seniors. I know, I said So aren't you... curious? About what? About life. Out there. Life! she said again. Tell me, Cameron Ann Morgan, what do you want to be when you grow up? We'd reached another door, and I stopped and looked up at the camera that monitored the entrance, just as I whispered, Alive.
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Hey, Macey, sorry to drop in but Cammie just had to be alone with me. You know how she gets.
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I thought about how there are two types of secrets: the kind you want to keep in, and the kind you don't dare to let out.
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The window can be fixed, Katerina. I'm far more concerned about him.
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