Common Goal Quotes

“If Kyle had one weakness—and he didn’t; he had many—it was confident, attractive older men. Also, confident, attractive younger men. Also, men.”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“Rozanov’s face lit up. “Bisexual! This is great. Did you fuck that blond teenager yet?” “He’s not a—” Eric bit his tongue. “He’s twenty-five.” “Twenty-five was a long time ago for you. Do you remember twenty-five?”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“He wanted to fall in love with him because he knew it wouldn’t take much. Just permission.”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“You’re not. You’re going to die during a threesome with Oscar Isaac and Michael B. Jordan.” “That’s really nice of you to say.”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“he’d never been forced to hide who he really was. Not in the same way. He’d just chosen not to reveal all of himself, because he’d never needed to.”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“I’m not. At all. It was a shocking amount of Cherry Coke for a pro athlete to consume. It was memorable.” “You know,” Ilya said with a weird little smile. “You were not the only one to think so that day.”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“Scott beamed at him. Scott had been doing a lot of smiling in the past couple of years since he’d fallen in love with Kip Grady.”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“We are friends,” Kyle assured him. “We can be the kind of friends who don’t have sex. I’ve heard some friendships work that way. Seems weird”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“Bisexual! This is great. Did you fuck that blond teenager yet?” “He’s not a—” Eric bit his tongue. “He’s twenty-five.” “Twenty-five was a long time ago for you. Do you remember twenty-five?”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“Because I think you might be a good kisser. I want to test that theory.”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“Hockey players kiss each other all the time. I’ve seen it,” Kyle teased. “Not on the mouths usually.” “Shame.”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“Oh my god. Can you please stop acting like you’re my old uncle Eric who I am forced to spend time with? You’re my friend”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“Eric wondered what that felt like, to love a person so deeply that you become braver for it. Become better.”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“I wasn’t exactly a party animal myself before I met Kip. I mean, I’m still not, but at least I go out without feeling terrified that I’ll let the mask slip, y’know?”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“You want to dance to Pitbull?” “No.”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“If Ilya Rozanov didn’t get his ass out of Eric’s face right fucking now”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“Nice save,” Rozanov said calmly as he skated by. “Plenty more where that came from.” Rozanov turned back and grinned. “I doubt it. You are a hundred years old. I could hear your bones creak.”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“Kyle got freshened up in the bathroom and considered taking a shower. His dick was very into that idea, but Kyle wasn’t going let that idiot call the shots.”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal