Quotes from 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, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“I think it's kinda nice.' And I did. my mom isn't famous for her pies. No, she's famous for defusing a nuclear device in Brussels with only a pair of cuticle scissors and a ponytail holder. Somehow, at the moment, pies seemed cooler.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“I know in the spy movies it always looks really cool when the operative goes from a maid's uniform to a slinky, sexy, ballgown in the amount of time it takes an elevator to climb three floors. Well, I don't know how it is for TV spies, but I can tell you that even with Velcro, the art of the quick change is one that must take a lot of practice (not to mention better lighting than one is likely to find in a tunnel that was once part of the underground railroad).”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“...maybe it's only fitting that relationship that started with a lie would end with one.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“He looked as though I'd just run over his pet puppy (though no actual puppies were harmed in the formation of that metaphor).”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“Women of the Gallagher Academy, who comes here?" she asked.

Just then, every girl at every table (even the newbies) stood and said in unison, "We are the sisters of Gillian."

"Why do you come?" my mother asked.

"To learn her skills. Honor her sword. And keep her secrets."

"To what end do you work?"

"To the cause of justice and light."

"How long will you strive?"

"For all the days of our lives," we finished and I felt a little like a character in one of my grandma's soap operas.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“The time for crying with your girlfriends about a broken heart is over chocolate ice cream
and chick flicks—not stun guns and bulletproof vests.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“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.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“Oh.' I shot upright. 'I was in Mongolia.'
Note to self: learn to be a less extreme liar.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“Mr. Solomon was right the worst kind of torture is watching someone you love get hurt.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“You shouldn't judge someone until you've walk a mile through an underground tunnel in her uncomfortable shoes”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“If you can be still enough and common enough, then it's really easy to be invisible.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“Unusual financial activity: none, unless you count the fact that someone in the family is way too into Civil War biographies. (Can this be a possible indication of Confederate insurgents still living and working in Virginia? Must research further.)”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“That's when I heard the sounds of a certified genius spinning around in circles like a dog chasing its tail.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“Yes?' Joe Solomon sounded like someone with far better things to do. 'Is there any homework?' she asked, and the class turned instantly from shocked to irritated. (Never ask that question in a room full of girls who are all black belts in karate) 'Yes,' Solomon said, holding the door in the universal signal for get out. 'Notice things.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“If he'd looked like a cross between Mr. Clooney and, say, one of the hobbits, I probably would have been far more capable of coherent thought.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“In a place where everyone knew my story, it was nice to know there was a chapter that ONLY I HAD TO READ. :)”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“Even though Liz might have been at the bottom of our class in P&E, she is the best person I've ever seen at getting me out of bed, which is saying something, considering the woman who raised me. Macey was asleep in her headphones, so Liz felt free to yell, "We're doing this for you!" as she pulled on my left leg and Bex went in search of breakfast. Liz put her foot against the mattress for leverage as she tugged. "Come on, Cam. GET. UP. " "No!" I said, burrowing deeper into the covers. "Five more minutes. " Then she grabbed my hair, which is totally a low blow, since everyone knows I'm tender-headed. "He's a honeypot. " "He'll still be one in an hour, " I pleaded. Then Liz dropped down beside me. She leaned close. She whispered, "Tell Suzie she's a lucky cat. " I threw the covers aside. "I'm up!”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“The Operative tried to implement the Purusey breathing technique, which has been proven effective at fooling polygraphs. There is no conclusive evidence as to
whether it is effective at masking the internal lie detectors of fifteen-year-old boys.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“All these years I'd thought being a spy was challenging. Turns out, being a girl is the tricky part.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“Hey, Cammie... tell Suzie she's a lucky cat."

Have sexier words ever been spoken? I seriously think not!”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“The Subject has really blue eyes that twinkle when he looks at someone like she's maybe a little bit insane.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“I wrapped my arms around my knees and stared through the window's wavy glass. The red velvet curtains were drawn around the tiny alcove, and I was enveloped by an odd sense of peace, knowing that in twenty minutes, the halls were going to be crowded; music was going to be blaring; and I was going to go from being an only child to one of a hundred sisters, so I knew to savor the silence while it lasted.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“But I kept it to myself--maybe because I didn't think it mattered, but probably because, in a place where everyone knew my story, it was nice to know there was a chapter that only I had read.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“Did you say something Macey?' I asked, but she cut me a look that could kill. She reached into her bag, ripped off a sliver of Evapopaper, and scribbled:
'Can we study tonight? (Tell anyone, and I'll kill you in you sleep!)”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“...For all the days of our lives," we finished and I felt a little like a character in one of my grandma's soap operas...”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“Hello, ladies," Joe Solomon said, but not before I snatched the piece of paper and crammed it in my mouth, which ordinarily would have been really great spy maneuvering except that Josh didn't use Evapopaper.

"How's the lasagna?" Mr. Solomon asked, and I started to say something before I remembered that my mouth was...well...otherwise engaged.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“Maybe wrist corsages cut off circulation to the brain? I mean, is that why so many girls do stupid things on prom night? I was really going to have to investigate this further, I decided”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“You know, Ms. Morgan, that was your mother you just hammered," Mr. Solomon said.”
― Ally Carter, quote from I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

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