Inside The Maelstrom Quotes

“When did they ever get the chance to make those connections outside of a girlfriend, or maybe their parents? Never, because friendship was a delicate dance of showing affection, but never too much, just in case the world judged you. No, they went through life isolated because society told them that it was gay to hug your friends, that it was weak to cry. That your worth was rooted in how tough you were.”
― Grace McGinty, Inside The Maelstrom: The Complete Duet

“but that's how it was with grief. Every minute was a little better than the last, every hour a little less raw. Every day you moved forward, until the pain would strike you out of nowhere, but it wasn’t an all-encompassing weight on your chest anymore, threatening to crush you.”
― Grace McGinty, Inside The Maelstrom: The Complete Duet

“Do you know what it feels like to be empty? To feel like a vampire, missing something integral that I have to leech from the people around me. Sometimes I feel like I was born empty, and nothing I ever do fills me up. Maybe that’s why I relate so well to the guys. We’re the same, yet different. Except Otto. He’s a blood bank, pouring himself into us all. Soon, he’ll be nothing but a husk too.”
― Grace McGinty, Inside The Maelstrom: The Complete Duet

“I don’t need Hendrick’s money. It was never about that.” She wandered toward Agent Rossi, and I kind of hated that she was only in those tiny silk pajama shorts and a camisole, but she moved in them like they were seductive armor. “No, it was about showing a power-hungry old fucker just how vulnerable he really was. It was about putting a man who abused his power and his family where he belongs, behind bars.” She was right in front of him now, and if his eyes dipped below her collarbone for even a second, I was fairly sure Evan would risk a lifetime in a federal prison to beat the shit out of him. “Because that’s the thing about men like Ted Kenley—they think women are only worth anything when they’re on their back. They use them and throw them away, like they’re toys to be broken. So the irony that it’ll be two women who have a hand in his ruination is pretty fucking sweet, wouldn’t you agree, Agent?”
― Grace McGinty, Inside The Maelstrom: The Complete Duet

“Just because he’s fucked up, doesn’t give him the right to treat people like shit. Not you, and not me.”
― Grace McGinty, Inside The Maelstrom: The Complete Duet