Into the Fire Quotes

“Act like the person you want to be.’” It was one of Jack’s favorite quotations; just thinking of him put a rasp in Evan’s voice. “If we want to get through whatever’s coming, we’re gonna have to face it head-on.”
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz, Into the Fire

“He could handle chaos in the world as long as there was order at home.”
― Gregg Hurwitz, Into the Fire

“Incompetence can be an infuriatingly effective defense.”
― Gregg Hurwitz, Into the Fire

“These days people looked at him like they didn’t want him to rub off on them. He couldn’t blame them. He didn’t want to rub off on himself. Oh, well. As his old man said, A whole lotta folks do better with worse.”
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz, Into the Fire

“Because you can’t take a breath from the past. And you can’t take a breath from the future.”
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz, Into the Fire

“People who proselytize about accountability are usually blind to the circumstances that exempt them from it.”
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz, Into the Fire

“Evan nodded, but Bedrosov remained motionless, the picture of control. His eyes were unblinking, reptilian. Evan had read once that there were more psychopaths in business than in any other field. The man before him seemed a perfect case study.”
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz, Into the Fire

“Max was pinching the bridge of his nose. “Tell me when we get to the ‘helping me’ part.” “The first part of helping you is making you face reality.”
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz, Into the Fire

“Redemption” was an imperfect word for what he was seeking. Confronting the world with his own code, illuminating the darkness with the guttering light of his own morality—that was a process of becoming.”
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz, Into the Fire

“May we all live up to his example; may we all try to be the one who hears a new”
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz, Into the Fire

“He looked fit and healthy, a vibrant seventy-something. The kind of man who was superb at caring for himself. Organic food and facial peels and a weekly massage at the racket club. The kind of man who marveled at why others couldn’t just keep their heads above water like he did, who didn’t understand that if you don’t have any boots, you can’t pull yourself up by your bootstraps.”
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz, Into the Fire

“The headlights spilled over his shoulders, silhouetting his shadow on the concrete wall. He stared at it. It stared back.”
― Gregg Hurwitz, Into the Fire