…nothing ever happens quickly (except when it does). Nothing is ever, ever easy (except when it is). And, most of all, nothing ever goes perfectly according to plan (except in the movies).

You know you’re smarter than all of them, right?” Hale said flatly.”In fact, if you wanted to PROVE it…”He glanced at the blackjack tables.Simon shook his head. “I don’t count cards, Hale.””Don’t?” Hale smiled. “Or...

Did you see Grace is back with us?”Megan did see me. She saw me jump off a cliff and crawl under an Iranian fence. Megan has seen plenty. And I can’t help but hold my...

I know too well how dangerous hope can be, how it grows and sometimes dies, taking its host with it. It’s more powerful than anything Dr.Fibs keeps in his labs, more precious than all the...

There’s a power that comes with silence. I had grown to fear the unsaid thing. So it felt like a release to say it-to admit that the risk wasn’t just inside our walls-it was inside...

I always finish what i start

So far Kat has been through all the Wa’s she could think of, but Hale hadn’t admitted to being Walter or Ward or Washington. He’d firmly denied both Warren and Waverly. Watson had prompted him...

Waiting. Like it or not, it’s a skill all spies have to master eventually.

Keep your chin up. Eventually, you will meet someone who cares about your opinion. I’m so sorry I’m not her.

The older I got, the smarter my teachers became.

I mean she’s Cleopatra… shouldn’t she and Antony have known better? They were so different…””Variety is the spice of life””And from a thousand miles apart””Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Do you understand any of this?” he said, pointing to the lines and symbols that covered the massive screens.”Some people understand the value of an education.”Hale stretched and crossed his legs, the settled his arm...

No! I need to go home,” I say, but then the realization comes: My mother was my home. My mother is dead.

I tell you, I’m half tempted to break into CIA custody just so I can break Joe Solomon out of CIA custody just so I can break Joe Solomon.

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,...

Abby must have been the one who found the safe house, because Townsend didn’t like it.”The building across the street is under construction,” he snarled as soon as we’d carried our bags inside.”The elevator has...

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...

You wanted to be treated like grown-ups? Well, that includes both the good and the bad.

I’ve attended seven schools in ten years,” I explain. “So you can rest assured I know you. You’re the girl who thinks being cruel is the same thing as being witty. You think being loud...

Not knowing you can’t do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it.

I didn’t know there were this many math guys,” Hale said as they stepped onto the crowded concourse.Kat cleared her throat. “And women,” he added. “Math women.

Eventually, we all end up alone.

And so that means…””We have to rob the Henley,” Simon said.Kat sank onto a truly uncomfortable sofa. “Again.

I don’t understand hate. I’ve seen its power. I’ve known its wrath. I’ve even felt it coursing through my veins, pushing me on. But I don’t know where it comes from or why it lasts,...

Thanks for coming,” Zach told him. He slapped Jonas on the back. And I felt like I’d fallen into an alternate universe. One where Zach had…friends.

Ooh..I want one” – BexThey’re not puppies.” -Cammie

I thought the morning would bring change. But I should have known that it doesn’t take that long for change to happen – it takes a second. A moment. In a single breath, reality as...

For the first time I realize how perilous peace can be. I appreciate the tightrope that my grandfather has spent his whole life trying to walk. And now, more than ever, I grow terrified that...

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.

You know” – Hale’s breath was warm against Kat’s ear in the chilly ballroom- “I don’t know that both of us really have to be here….” The slide changed. While hundreds of mathematicians waited with...

Kat looked down at her lemonade. ‘Do you think he betrayed the love of his life…because of us?”She used the name Romani, Kat,’ was Gabrielle’s answer. ‘And besides…’ She let the words draw out. Her...

the only way Bex would miss this would be if she were unconscious. And tied up. And in a concrete bunker. In Siberia.

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...

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.

You don’t need a search warrant to go through someone’s trash. Seriously. Once it hits the curb it is totally fair game-you an look it up.

But I wasn’t the girl I’d been when I left, and I knew it.

Congratulations,” I tell her with a slight bow. “I hope you and your power trip will be very happy together. Now, if you’ll excuse me, it’s time for me to go.

You shouldn’t judge someone until you’ve walk a mile through an underground tunnel in her uncomfortable shoes

What happened before the attack. I think you saw the future. Which is kind of freaky when – two months ago – you didn’t think you were going to have one.

What kind of plan B?” Hale asked. He was almost holding his breath when a voice answered, “My kind.” Macey tried to read the look on his face then, but it was gone in a...

You can’t really yell at your boyfriend for stealing your seat and your best friend. You also can’t yell at your best friend for stealing your boyfriend. Or you can…but Hi seemed like a much...

And don’t lie to me.

How did you know about Boston? Why are you working with Mr. Solomon now? Are you my friend or are you my enemy, Zach? Or, wait, let me guess, you can’t tell me.

You look disappointed to see me, Zach,” Macey teased. “Don’t you like my jacket?

Doyou know what pain is, Cammie? It’s thebody’s physical response to imminent harm.It is the mind’s way of telling us to move ourhand off the stove or let go of the brokenglass.

How sweet is that? I know I’m no boy expert, but I have heard entire lectures on reading body language, and I have to say that assuming that a person will have forgotten your name...

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...

Don’t let two men fall in love with you, girls. It’s not the sort of thing that ends well.”-Uncle Charles

Its Vermeer”Kat turned to the boy who lingered in the doorway. “It’s stolen””What can I say?” Hale eased behind her and studied the painting over her shoulder. “I met a very nice man who bet...

I have to smile. He’s such a dork. But I’m starting to realize the one good thing that’s happened: he’s my dork.