“Even the longest con was never more than an assortment of moments that were in themselves very very short.”

“But the downside of being con artist is that it very hard to con. Even if the lies you tell are to yourself.”

“Every decent con man knows that the simplest truth is more powerful than even the most elaborate lie.”

“Trust. We stake our lives on it, but it's a subject that not even the Gallagher Academy can teach. When do you let your guard down? Who do you let in? And I knew at that moment, as I sat beside my mother, bathing in the warm spring light, that those were the questions a good spy never stops asking”

“Even though Kate had only known Hale for a little more than two years, she had seen him in a lot of situations.”

“The Bagshaws aren't boys. They're bombs with very colorful fuses.”

“But in the end she merely shrugged, knowing at the very least it would be interesting. Knowing, in her gut, it might just be the beginning.”