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At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why hopefully readers can identify with them.

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Ally Carter
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 1
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Sarah Leigh Fogleman
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If you don't want to be a victim, don't act like one.
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Okay, first thing tomorrow we hit the streets around Taccone's place. Somebody saw something.' 'I got it covered.' 'The DiMarcos might be in town.' 'Actually, they're in jail.' 'All seven of them?' Hale shrugged. 'It was an interesting October.
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It was so rare to find someone who was both so young and so wise, both so fresh and so jaded.
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You're late. Kat said as soon as Hale put the phone to his ear. She wasn't the kind of girl to wait for hello. What can I say? Macey McHenry has been throwing herself at me... See, that's the kind of thing that would make me jealous if she weren't way out of your league. You know, if I had feelings, that might have hurt them.
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I heard someone's playing hooky,' Zach told me. He smiled. Standing there, it felt almost like nothing bad had ever happened- or would ever happen again 'There's a boy in my life,' I told him. 'He's a very bad influence.' Then Zach nodded. 'Bad boys have a way of doing that. But they're worth it.
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Hey I bruise, Hale said. Also, you are freakishly strong.
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Is Joe your father, Zach?' I don't know where the question came from, but it was out, and I couldn't take it back even if I'd wanted to. 'No.' Zach shook his head. 'I never knew my dad. I don't know anything about him.
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Time, the greatest thief of all.
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Kat!” Gabrielle hissed. “You’re going to get caught. The smile Kat flashed over her shoulder was almost wicked. “I know.
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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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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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When Zach said, Im going to kill Dr. Steve. It wasn't the angered threat of a worried boy it was the calm, cool statement of an operative trained to do exactly that. And that, I think, is why it scared me. But it wasn't as terrifying as the look in Bex's eyes when she said, Not if I find him first.
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Tell me or I'll yell for Mr. and Mrs. Baxter, and you can find out how bex became bex
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Hello, Gallagher Girl --Zack
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Sitting there that day, I knew that the only thing I could do was keep putting one foot in front of the other, hoping none of the secrets on my shoulders would make me lose my balance.
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So you just...left?' Zach huffed. 'All the cool kids are doing it.
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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.
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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.
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That's cool. Hale nodded, unfazed. But just so you know, that---he pointed to the piece of metal peeking out from behind the stage---is a Hurst 5,000 PSI hydraulic spreader-cutter, more commonly know as the Jaws of Life. So? So I'm not a normal boy.
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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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