Shutout Quotes

“Wear whatever you want, Tink. I know how to fight.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“Because my worst fear isn't what I thought it was.
It has nothing to do with hockey at all.
It's losing her.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“The longer I play What If, the more one thing becomes clear: I can live with it if my career doesn't go where I want it to. But I can't live with not having her.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“My father brought flowers every time he got back from being on the road; a dozen roses for her and a single pink one for me. He always looked at her like she was the only woman in the room; in the entire universe, even.
I'm not sure everyone gets to have that kind of love, though. Sometimes I think I'm too much to be someone’s One. Too loud, too disorganised, too extra, too messy.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“Pausing in the doorway, I grant myself the briefest moment to observe her, still taken aback by how fucking pretty she is. I’ve never used that word to describe a girl before. Hot, sure. Cute, sometimes. But she’s more than either of those. She’s pretty in the way that catches your attention and refuses to let it go.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“And fuck me, I really want to do something I shouldn’t.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“Would you take it back?”
“What?”
“If you could go back in time, would you change anything with you and Sera? Telling Carter doesn't count. I’m talking about you guys.”
Everything flashed before my eyes in a single breath. The first time I laid eyes on her dressed as Tinker Bell at XS. Moving in day. Our near kiss in the kitchen. Picking her up from Rob's the night she called me. The time she lost her keys. The way her nose scrunches up when she laughs. Movie nights. Twenty-one questions. Falling asleep with her in my arms. Coconut shampoo. And so much pink.
“No. I wouldn’t change a single thing.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“I've never had anyone here like this with me after a loss. Obviously, I've been with girls after bad games before, but it was more about forgetting via fucking. Having someone hold space for you is different. It feels deeper.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“Can I come in?”
‘I don't hesitate. “Always.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“So...”
“So, tell me about your day, Tink.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“Do you ever think about that night?”

“All the fucking time.”

“Me too. Do you regret it? I mean, it's made things kind of complicated now.”

“No, Tink. I could never regret you.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“I know I’m playing with fire, but I can’t seem to put away the matches.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“Have you ever heard of the internet meme that says, ‘In every partnership, there’s a person who stacks the dishwasher like a Scandinavian architect and a person who stacks the dishwasher like a raccoon on meth’?”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“He draws me into him and dips his head, nudging my nose with his. “Wear whatever you want, Tink. I know how to fight.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“DADDY?” Bauer’s tiny hand tugs at mine.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“Question 1162,” he says. “Will you marry me?”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“shut the fuck up and take my dick like a good girl?”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“Fuck. Me.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“Guess how I know you were the last one to empty the dishwasher?” I offer her the last samosa, then take it for myself when she declines. “How?” She sets down her fork, cocking her head. “Because you left half the cupboards open.” This isn’t an exaggeration. It might have been more than half. Seraphina bursts out laughing. “That isn’t my fault,” she protests, gesturing with a piece of coconut naan. “That’s an ADHD thing. I can’t help it. It’s like I legitimately don’t see them.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“Guess how I know you were the last one to empty the dishwasher?” I offer her the last samosa, then take it for myself when she declines. “How?” She sets down her fork, cocking her head. “Because you left half the cupboards open.” This isn’t an exaggeration. It might have been more than half.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“We’re going to crush Maine this weekend.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“Between the miles of ink, the taut muscles, and the trail of fine hair below his navel, it’s impossible to look away.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“I simply stared out a window while a chorus of “you’re fucked” played through my brain on repeat to the melody of the national anthem.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“FUCK ME.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“but I did remember to take my ADHD medication.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“My plan for the future is vague and amorphous, filled with terms like “one day” and “eventually.” Like an apparition you see out of the corner of your eye that vanishes when you try to grab it.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“In every partnership, there’s a person who stacks the dishwasher like a Scandinavian architect and a person who stacks the dishwasher like a raccoon on meth’?”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“She leaves a little trail of destruction everywhere she goes, and I find it oddly endearing.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“My father treated my mother like a queen. I’m not about to drop my standards for some guy named Tripp who can’t be bothered to change an empty toilet paper roll.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout

“Sometimes I think I’m too much to be someone’s One. Too loud, too disorganized, too extra, too messy.”
― Avery Keelan, Shutout