Ally Carter Quotes

My main concern is to protect people from detriment.

I am not dead inside. I still care about right and wrong.

The world is being destroyed by psychopaths, so of all the things to be concerned about - acting, it's not really up there, is it?

When I see somebody fall in practice or get hurt, it almost makes me want to cry.

You could have told me earlier.” “You seemed so serious about the game. I didn’t want to bother you.

And so as much as I can, I care about her, dear Deborah. It's probably not love, but I would rather she were happy.

He was slumped over, blood trickling from the side of his mouth. I shook his furry hip, thinking, No! Even if you are half barnyard animal, you're my best friend and I don't want you to die!

To gain a reputation for virtue, grieve over those you injure.

I feel pity for him, and that is a poor sign of love.

The harm done is often difficult to repair.

No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.

Sam?" Rachel asked. "Do you know you have the saddest sad face ever?

Hey. (She took his chin in her hand so that she could move his head back and forth while she examined him.) You’re hurting in there. That would make akri very sad. He doesn’t like for his Dark-Hunters to hurt and the Simi don’t like it when akri is sad. Why are you hurt? (Simi)

If people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention.

Her forehead was a maze of anxious little grooves, from a lifetime of wondering about whether everyone within range was OK.

Tyson! Thank the gods, Annabeth is hurt!" "You thank the gods that she is hurt?" he asked, puzzled.

When you love people, you give them a priority. You have a sense of urgency about their pain.

Things are strongest where they're broken.

You break your neck, and I’ll see it mended just so I can break it again.

To those who fall and hurt themselves one runs with comfort; by those who lie dangerously stricken by a disease one sits and waits.

We all have spirits present with us who are feeling the way we are.

The anguish I always feel when she's in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face.

Why is your heart racing Tris?

If there's anything I can do- I know there probably isn't, but..." Just be here

Until the mind can love, and admire, and trust, and hope, and endure, reasoned principles of moral conduct are seeds cast upon the highway of life which the unconscious passenger tramples into dust.