76 Quotes About Spies

People can do horrible things when faced with difficult financial decisions.

Here’s the thing you need to know about surveillance: it’s boring. Sure, sometimes we blow stuff up and jump off buildings and/or moving trains, but most of the time we just hang around waiting for something to happen (a fact that almost never makes it into the movies), so I might have felt pretty silly if I were a normal girl and not a highly trained secret-agent-type person as I sat on that park bench, trying to act normal when, by definition, I’m anything but.

What am I dying for? he cried back. I'm dying because this world I'm living in isn't worth dying for! If something is worth dying for, then you've got a reason to live.

But one thing was for certain: something would happen next. Something always did. Especially when you live the life of a spy.

All defectors have a complex relationship with truth.

I've never been much for tears, anyway.

Of course. Because at the Gallagher Academy, "precautions" usually equals "voluntary shock therapy.

The expert crowd is adept at blending into a spy.

Just because there are no windows or doors doesn't mean there are no exits. The thing to look for is an air conditioner unit, that's where the wall is weakest. Also people watch doors, they don't watch air conditioners.