Empty Net Quotes

“For the first time in his whole life, Laurent played the game out of love instead of hate. But it wasn’t his love of hockey that kept him focused in net.
Every time a puck came toward him and he made a save, he thought, “This is for Isaac.” Every time one of his dickhead former teammates snarled something insulting or called him names, he ignored them and thought about Isaac calling him Saint. He thought about Isaac’s dumb blue hair dye that had left a stain in Laurent’s shower and that lip ring that drove Laurent crazy. He thought about the lake and eating a Twinkie on Isaac’s floor. He thought about Isaac saying he loved him.”
― Avon Gale, Empty Net

“I’m so proud of you. I wanted to blow you, like, eighteen times.”
“I made thirty-four saves. Weren’t you paying attention?”
Isaac threw his head back and laughed. “Oh my God. You made a joke.”
“Who said I was joking?”
― Avon Gale, Empty Net

“See? I’m good for you. I make you like things you didn’t before. Like hockey and dick and marshmallows.”
― Avon Gale, Empty Net

“Isaac stared at Laurent and searched his warm eyes, which were just the color of melted chocolate. Maybe with bits of caramel. Great. He was thinking about Laurent’s eyes like candy. Was he hungry or horny? Hard to tell.”
― Avon Gale, Empty Net

“Did that just happen?” Isaac asked as they headed upstairs. “Your landlady… she’s like, eightysomething. And unless I’m wrong, she dressed up in her husband’s suits and pretended to be a boy so they could have bi threesomes in a booth at whatever a boy’s club is.”
“Sounds like it,” Laurent agreed.”
― Avon Gale, Empty Net

“Isaac needed to know if the thing between them was leading somewhere or if they were just going to be friends who sometimes petted each other’s hair.”
― Avon Gale, Empty Net