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41 " Every good operative knows that the world is small, but the planet is big. "
― Ally Carter , United We Spy (Gallagher Girls, #6)
42 " He raised the gun higher, aiming it over my shoulder, and I knew there were no words—no logic—that could change what he was thinking. So I stopped thinking. I stopped waiting. I stopped planning and fearing and hating the man with the gun. I stopped being afraid for me, and I started caring only about my sister. "
43 " Above the plains up on the hill there stood a castle boldA gleaming palace made of white, a pillar to beholdThe horsemen lived in service to the castle and the crownBut the knights rose up and killed the kingsAnd it all burned down. "
44 " My parents think so. And my parents have a very annoying habit of being right, "
45 " When I took aim at the very place Amirah had been just seconds before and pulled the trigger, I knew the risk. I knew the cost. And I would do it all over again in a heartbeat if I had to. "
46 " watched the people I know best look at me like I was a crazy person. Trust me. It’s a look I know pretty well. "
47 " What is a Gallagher Girl?” Liz asked one final time. “She’s a genius, a scientist, a her**ne, a spy. And now we are at the end of our time at school, and the one thing I know for certain is this: A Gallagher Girl is whatever she wants to be.”Thunderous, raucous applause filled the student section.Liz smiled and wiped her eyes. She leaned close to the microphone.“And, most of all, she is my sister. "
48 " Hey," I said. How are you?"Liz moved from the end of my bed and Zach eased closer, carefully like I was still too fragile."I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to be asking you that." He leaned down and kissed the top of my head. "Remind me to kill you later for going off like that.""It hurts when I laugh," I told him."Good. Because I'm not joking. "
49 " If I ever reach the point in life where there are no more snipers, I might go crazy. Or bake. I could take up baking.""Liz took up baking," I reminded her."Yeah, but I'd be better at it. I would totally rock baking. "
50 " I looked up at the fireworks that filled the sky. It was exactly the kind of moment when Zack liked to show up say something cryptic, and kiss me. "
51 " Kiss me, Zach." I pressed up against him, cold and alone. I didn't want to fight. I wanted to be warm and safe again, "Kiss me. "
52 " That's the thing about spies, most of the secrets we keep are from each other "
53 " Let’s have a baby, Abs. We’ve taken down terrorist cells. Surely we can handle one little baby. Spies "
54 " She draped her arm through mine, and, as we walked, I was sure she probably looked chic and cool and European. I felt slow and clumsy and American. "
55 " What is a Gallagher Girl?” Liz asked one final time. “She’s a genius, a scientist, a heroine, a spy. And now we are at the end of our time at school, and the one thing I know for certain is this: A Gallagher Girl is whatever she wants to be. "
56 " But I never finished because then Zach’s lips found mine. His hands burned as they left my arms and moved through my hair, bracing the back of my neck. My head still hurt, but there was no music playing. “I remember this.” I felt my hand run along his chest, his breath warm on the side of my face. I breathed him in—Zach. “I remember this.” And then he kissed me again, and the kiss was all that mattered. He pulled back, traced his lips across the tender place on my head. "
57 " system and… "
58 " 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. "
59 " Your mom said I could plan the wedding. She doesn't care, and between you and me I'm so relieved. It was going to be really hard to manipulate her into letting me make all the decisions anyway. - Macey "
60 " I felt them all looking at me - waiting for me to say something, do something. It was the way I always looked at my mum or Aunt Abby or Mr Solomon. I felt them waiting for orders. And I realised they weren't going with me on this quest - they were following me. "