Quotes from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“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.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“the only way Bex would miss this would be if she were unconscious. And tied up. And in a concrete bunker. In Siberia.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“But the heaviest things, I think, are the secrets. They can drown you if you let them.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“Sometimes people run… to see if you'll come after them”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“Seriously", Macey snapped. "go. Kiss. A baby"
"can you believe her?" Preston asked, coking his head towards macey." everytime she sees me, all she does is call me baby and talk about kissing."
Macey looked like she wanted to kill him. But I kind of wanted to laugh.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“And as every spy knows, common enemies are how allies always begin.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“And Zach was taking his jacket off and draping it around my shoulders, which (according to Liz, who double checked with Macey) is the single-sexiest thing a guy can do.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“I could have lied. I could have fought. But desperate times call for desperate measures, so I took a chance and called upon a Gallagher Girl's weapon of last resort. I flirted”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“rules exist for a reason. Rules exist because when people don't follow them, people get hurt.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“I'm someone who doesn't have anything to lose.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“Hey, Macey, sorry to drop in but Cammie just had to be alone with me. You know how she gets.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“So... I take it that's the man in your life.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear..." he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the last, drawing a deep breath before he said, "Revenge.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“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.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“She thought she was only seeing him because she wanted to see him... It's a by-product of very dramatic kissing.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“Maybe Liz was right and she'd wanted someplace safe. Maybe Mr. Solomon really did understand that running was the only way Macey would find out if we'd run after her. Or maybe, like me, she just wanted to disappear for a little while”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“Why do I feel like I can't trust you anymore?'

I wanted him to lash out. I wanted him to fight, to protest, to argue- to do anything but look deeper into my eyes and say, 'because the Gallagher Academy doesn't admit fools”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“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.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“And that's how the Peacock saved the Chameleon”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“So I stared out at that cold window, watching my breath collect on the glass, trying not to think about my life after the thaw.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“I saw the gun. I sensed the van as it rushed forward, seconds away and coming faster. I heard the screams of the fight behind us. But nothing that night was louder than the masked man's astonished whisper as he looked at the boy who stood beside me and said, 'you?”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“There are aspectsof this life-- of this world-- from which you can never walk away. Ever. The fact that almost everything you say to almost everyone you love for the rest of your life will be a lie is one of them.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“There are 6 reasons that a person does anything: Love, faith, greed, boredom, fear... revenge.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“There are some secrets we keep because we can't bear to let them out and some because it's better to keep them in.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“She thought she kept seeing him because she wanted to see him," Macey explained.
"Ooooh," Bex and Liz sighed together.
"It's a by-product of very dramatic kissing," Macey went on like a doctor identifying a common side effect.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“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, flashing three beautifully engraved invitations and some wonderfully authentic fake IDs.
The tickets were $20,000 each. The Secret Service had been vetting the guest list for weeks, so Bex and I stopped beneath a streetlamp and studied Liz.
"Do I even want to know where you got those?" I asked.
Liz seemed to ponder it, and then she said, "No.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“There are things spies often carry with them: pocket litter, fake IDs, and the occasional weapon-slash-camera-slash-hair accessory. But the heaviest things, I think, are the secrets. They can drown you if you let them. As I sat inside Sublevel Two that day, I knew the one I held was so heavy I might never see the surface again.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“I’ve seen Joe Solomon every school day for more than a year, but I don’t think I’ll ever really know him. There are times when he’s one of the strongest people I’ve ever known, and then there are moments--like this one--when I think he might be broken, deep down, in a place that will never mend.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

“It’s what she does, Ms. Morgan.’ Mr. Solomon’s eyes found mine, but there was a change in him somehow. ‘Running,’ he added. ‘Of course, technically, her pattern is to do something to get kicked out, but that’s not an option now, so she’s taken matters into her own hands. Do you know what I’m saying, Ms. Morgan?’

But sadly, I didn’t.

‘Sometimes people run...to see if you’ll come after them.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

About the author

Popular quotes

“this headstone. "So which one's you?" I ask. "Are you Alice, or are you Marie?" I pause, giving her a chance to reply, but she doesn't say anything. "Is this what you wanted me to do? You wanted me to help find your grave?" I pause for a moment.”
― Amy Cross, quote from Asylum

“It takes awareness and effort to break the cycle of a thinking process that has become unconscious. First, we need to step out of our routines so we can look at our lives. Through contemplation and self-reflection, we can become aware of our unconscious scripts. Then, we must observe these thoughts without responding to them, so that they no longer initiate the automatic chemical responses that produce habitual behavior. Within all of us, we possess a level of self-awareness that can observe our thinking. We must learn how to be separate from these programs and when we do, we can willfully have dominion over them. Ultimately, we can exercise control over our thoughts. In doing so, we are neurologically breaking apart thoughts that have become hardwired in our brain. Since”
― Joe Dispenza, quote from Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind

“I don't want to make a mistake and marry the wrong woman. I'd rather be alone.”
― Danielle Steel, quote from Echoes

“Is a chameleon a coward because it can change its color? No. It’s evolved and awesome. I like to think of myself in a similar fashion. There is nothing wrong with having a strong sense of self-preservation.”
― Penny Reid, quote from Attraction

“All the same," said the Scarecrow, "I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one."   "I shall take the heart," returned the Tin Woodman; "for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.”
― L. Frank Baum, quote from The Complete Oz

Interesting books

About BookQuoters

BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.

Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.