Breakaway Quotes

“Yeah, it was stupid. I was building up a girl I hardly knew at all into some perfect fantasy creature. Not realistic and probably not fair, but at least I wasn’t thinking about hockey.”
― Cate Cameron, Breakaway

“But for the first time in months when my mind wandered that morning, it didn’t take me back to hockey, didn’t torture me with visions of goals I’d never score and trophies I’d never win.”
― Cate Cameron, Breakaway

“I was on my own, alone with my thoughts, doing everything I could to keep my attention where it belonged. I wished I could run instead of walk just for the cardio and the distraction, but my physiotherapist had been pretty damn clear about taking things slow. She would have kicked my ass if she’d thought of me running along the rough path with all its twisted roots and other tripping hazards.”
― Cate Cameron, Breakaway

“The beach was deserted on the first Firday night of real summer when it should’ve been full of bonfires and partying because everyone was at the arena cheering for a guy who’d only live in Corrigan Falls for three years. He was a good guy, sure, but why the hell was that so special? Because of hockey. Because somehow, for some reason, this town, this province, this country had decided that hockey mattered more than anything else.”
― Cate Cameron, Breakaway

“If I wanted to know what Tyler had to say about anything, I’d just give him a call and ask him, but I damn well wouldn’t be asking him about hockey. I was done with hockey and absolutely done with hockey players.”
― Cate Cameron, Breakaway

“I had my acceptance to McGill University already sorted out and ready, so it was just two months of working my tail off to save as much money as possible and then I’d be gone, off to Montreal to start my new life, free of hockey.”
― Cate Cameron, Breakaway

“Let’s face it, if you don’t like curling or snowmobiling, there isn’t a lot else to do in a small town in the dead of an Ontario winter. But in June? Hockey should have been done months ago.”
― Cate Cameron, Breakaway

“It was summertime by any reckoning I could think of, but everyone in Corrigan Falls was still completely obsessed with hockey, especially this year.”
― Cate Cameron, Breakaway