Ally Carter - Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (2009)

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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?

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Rules exist for a reason. Rules exist because when people don't follow them, people get hurt.

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But the heaviest things, I think, are the secrets. They can drown you if you let them.

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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.

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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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She thought she was only seeing him because she wanted to see him... It's a by-product of very dramatic kissing.

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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.

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

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And as every spy knows, common enemies are how allies always begin.

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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

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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.

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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.

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