Not If I Save You First Quotes

“The president used to joke that it was going to impact the national debt just to feed him.”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“To whom it may concern,
I don't know what brought you to this little shed, but I hope you'll be happy here - for however long you need to stay. I've taken the liberty of restocking the woodpile and bringing some new blankets and a few dishes, some matches and a mirror (because even though you may be the only person for twenty miles in any direction, most people feel better when they know what their hair looks like).
Help yourself to the canned goods - that's what they're here for.

But most of all, be careful and take care of this place. It's special to me.
Maddie
(and me, too - Logan)”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“Dear Logan,
Someday I'm going to write a book: How Not to Die in Alaska - A Girl's Guide to Fashionable Survival.
I bet you don't know that a Kirby grip can make an excellent fishing hook. You may think you can use just any kind of mud for mud masks, but trust me, you CAN'T! In a pinch, nothing starts a fire like nail polish remover.
And don't even get me started on the lifesaving properties of a good pair of tights.
So I know a lot, in other words.
I just don't know why I'm still writing you these letters.”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“A sane person would be terrified by now, he knew, ranting and rambling and promising to give the man with the gun anything he wanted.
But Logan had learned a long time ago that there was nothing you could give a man with a gun to make him happy. Men with guns were only satisfied when they took. And Logan was going to hang on to the last of his self-respect for as long as he possibly could.”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“And whatever you do, don't drink the water. A guide once told Dad that some of the springs still have arsenic in them from the gold rush. I have no idea whether she was joking or not, but let's not risk it, OK?"
"Seriously?" Logan asked. He raised his eyebrows. "Alaska - where even the water will kill you. I'm surprised they don't have that on a T-shirt."
"Logan -" Maddie warned. Logan raised his hands in surrender.
"Poisonous water. Check.”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“A pair of Secret Service agents she didn't recognize practically smirked as she passed, like they'd been wanting to yell at Rascal for ages, like they were more than happy to sit aside and let a teenage girl take a stab at him. They looked like they'd even give her the knife.
Which wasn't necessary. Maddie always carried her own.”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“Dear Logan,
I got all new clothes, which is NOT as exciting as it sounds. Turns out, they don't even make extreme-weather boots with sequins on them. If you ask me, they're missing out on a market. I mean, if you have to be stuck in the mud, shouldn't you at least have something pretty to look at?
Maddie”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“Maddie had never really understood why they had four chairs. It's not like they did a lot of entertaining. Not unless you counted the time Maddie had forgotten to lock up her cereal in an airtight container and a bear had tried to break through the cabin's front door. Which Maddie totally did not count. That bear hadn't been invited and would never be welcome again.”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“Dear Logan,
This is called a letter. It's like an email but written on paper and sent through the regular mail (like bills).”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“But why?” Maddie sounded like someone who had been waiting her entire life to ask that question. She looked like someone who would wait a lifetime more for an answer.”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“Not if I save you first.”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“Maddie spun to her left - looked back to the cliff - but it was too late. He was already there, standing in front of her. The gun was trained on the center of her chest, and the look on Stefan's face was pure, unadulterated loathing.
"You should have forgotten about the phone," he said.

Maddie had seen evil up close; she'd witnessed terror and rage, and she knew better than most people the effect that pure hate can have on the human body.
First, in Maddie's experience, it was terrible for your skin. (If there was one thing a zit loved, it was stress.
Second, it could do awful things to your eyes. They got glossy, but not with tears, with wild and untamed fury.
Finally, that much adrenaline might make you strong enough to lift a Toyota off a toddler or whatever, but it could also make your hands shake and your heart race.
That's how Stefan looked. His eyes were too wide, his lips were too dry, and his grip was too hard on the gun.
Maddie didn't scream. Or plead. Or cry. She just rolled her eyes and said, "But I'm a teenage girl. We're addicted to our phones, or haven't you heard?"
She could feel the boulder at her back, as Stefan stepped closer, she knew there was nowhere to go. So she tensed.
"You think you are so smart." Stefan's accent was thicker. The words were cold.
"Well, not to brag, but I am number one in my class. Does it matter if you're the only one in your class?" she asked. "I don't know about -"
"Shut up!" he yelled, limping closer.”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“Dear Logan,
Alaska's really big.
And really pretty.
It's also really lonely.
Sometimes I ask Dad why we're here and he says it's for our health. Or because I'm almost old enough that he was going to have to "beat the boys off with sticks" if we'd stayed in DC. I don't think that's it, though. But if it is, he's found the place where the stick-to-boy ration is probably the highest on earth.
Maddie”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“There was the ibuprofen in a tiny white bottle. A canteen that was half full and three energy bars. A pack of Band-Aids, two empty plastic bags. A sleeping bag. A poncho. Two pairs of thick, tall socks, and something that looked like a solar phone charger.”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“Once they notice, they’ll try to reach my dad, who is either back and going crazy or is on his way back and will begin going crazy anytime now.”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First

“Did you know there’s a place under the stairs in the East Wing that’s full of spiders that died during the Nixon administration? Do you think that’s true? I don’t think that’s true,” she said without really waiting for Charlie to answer. “I could ask Dad,” Maddie went on. “But he didn’t work here then. At least I don’t think he worked here then. I mean, I know he’s old. Like, really, really old. But is he that old?”
― Ally Carter, Not If I Save You First