The Spiral Down Quotes

“I fucking hated labels. Always had.
But maybe that was because no one had ever given me the right one.
At least, not until that moment.
Gay. Straight. Bi. None of them fit me the way mine did rolling off Henry's tongue.
Suddenly, it was the only label I'd ever wanted.”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down

“Life is a struggle, but it’s who you chose to take on the journey with you that matters the most.”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down

“I'd like to meet the pilot before we take off. Get his credentials and all. Maybe he's willing to take a bribe."
"A bribe? Henry, if the plane crashes, he's going to be dead too. I'm pretty sure survival is more than enough incentive for him."
"Maybe, but what if he has a massive gambling debt and needs the life insurance money to take care of his twelve children and handicapped wife?”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down

“This doesn’t make you gay … It just makes you mine.”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down

“Please don’t call it a penis. You know he prefers his formal title.”
“Yes. Sorry. I forgot. Please relay my apologies to Prince Everhard.”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down

“The ground was shaking and my decade-old walls were starting to crumble. I could lose myself trying to rebuild them while the super storm known as Henry Alexander ominously hovered over me. Or I could sit back, relax, and enjoy the thunder. Even the strongest hurricanes had to die out eventually. Maybe Henry was mine.
Or, more likely, he’d be the earthquake that was going to break me down before swallowing me whole.
Either way, I wasn’t going to be left standing.”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down

“You’ve been a whirlwind who has stripped me bare and brought me to my knees more than once. I’m not naïve enough to believe that it will be smooth skies from here on out. The only thing I can do is swear I’ll weather any storm as long as you’re on the other side, waiting for me.” His”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down

“There was no longer a fight— my mind and my body were both finally on board. The walls had crumbled and I was clambering over the wreckage with only him in my sights.
I was in it with Henry.
Plain and simple.”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down

“I’d heard that God wasn’t exactly stoked about homosexuality, but come on. What kind of a masochist sends a gay man his soul mate with boobs and a vagina?”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down

“I knew I was done for. There would be no coming back from this. Not from Henry. And, for the first time, I was completely okay with that. No reservations.”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down

“I didn’t understand how, after all these years of avoiding men, I was suddenly enamored by one I barely even knew. I didn’t understand how he had enraptured me with a single stare from across a crowded arena. I didn’t know why the heat from his flames consumed me like never before. I didn’t know why my mind was screaming at me to run as far away as I could, but my body absolutely refused.”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down

“Fuck, this guy was built like a brick wall. And I was going to love every second of watching him crumble for me.”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down

“Squirming under his gaze while standing in front of a sold-out crowd just became the most arousing experience of my life.
And I knew he felt it too when a lazy smile played at the corner of his lips before his eyes swept back over me.
Dear God.”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down

“I'm what?
Everything. Perfection. Mine?
Gorgeous.”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down

“:-I'd like to meet the pilot before we take off. Get his credentials and all. Maybe he's willing to take a bribe.
-A bribe? Henry, if the plane crashes, he's going to be dead too. I'm pretty sure survival is more than enough incentive for him.
-Maybe, but what if he has a massive gambling debt and needs the life insurance money to take care of his twelve children and handicapped wife?”
― Aly Martinez, The Spiral Down