Erin Fletcher > Quotes

“I think sometimes it’s easier to pretend to be okay than it is to admit weakness.”
― Erin Fletcher, Where You'll Find Me

“I forgot how good French fries are.”
― Erin Fletcher, All Laced Up

“I had taught young skaters before, but somehow I didn't think "Zamboni avoidance" was covered in basic skills class.”
― Erin Fletcher, All Laced Up

“If there was anyone who could sniff out Malina's self-doubt and tear it to shreds, it was me. It was just that sometimes it was easier to avoid thinking about home when I was several states or countries away. It made the distance sting less.”
― Erin Fletcher, Tied Up In You

“Shit," Misty says. "We really should have thought to bring you a shot of tequila, shouldn't we?"
"She doesn't need it," Rosalinda says. "She's got mental tequila."
"Mental tequila?" I ask.
"Bravery," she says. "It's a simile. Go with it.”
― Erin Fletcher

“Because despite everything: the insatiable appetite and lack of manners and slacking on keeping in touch, and the fact that we were growing apart as we grew up and our priorities changed and clashed. I did miss my best friend.”
― Erin Fletcher, Tied Up In You

“I just know it’s not his fault. Like as much as I desperately want the puck to go in the net, sometimes it doesn’t. And as much as Carson wants sounds and smells to be okay, they aren’t. I do what I can to help.”
― Erin Fletcher, All Laced Up

“It never failed to amaze me that Mr. Kozlov could memorize rink schedules and the past hundred years of hockey history, but couldn't remember to tell me things like the fact that I had a co-teacher for the workshop I thought I was teaching on my own.”
― Erin Fletcher, All Laced Up

“Oh, God. Could she tell Jackson had kissed me? Was there some kind of visible evidence on my lips? Was there a "my best friend's mouth was on mine" expression that I didn't know about and therefore didn't know how to hide?”
― Erin Fletcher, Tied Up In You

“I did my best to stay away from Pierce, even if ignoring him completely was impossible. It wasn't enough that he was popular at school and the local ice arenas, but a few news outlets had grabbed a hold of his YouTube channel, mostly his greatest hockey hits and the video equivalent of selfies, and turned him into a web celeb.”
― Erin Fletcher, All Laced Up

“Easy might be the same as possible, but difficult isn’t the same as impossible.”
― Erin Fletcher, All Laced Up

“You'd think I'd never seen him before, but whoa. Pierce was hot. Possibly hotter than the last time I'd seen him. Tall with brown hair and a body that showed just how much he worked out. Hazel eyes with more green than brown. Something about his jaw made him seem older than he actually was.”
― Erin Fletcher, All Laced Up

“A model-perfect guy with endless charm and enough talent to attract the scouts could rule the world, or at least his corner of the world, which was unfortunate because it was a corner of the world I was apparently destined to share.”
― Erin Fletcher, All Laced Up

“He couldn’t handle haircuts—something about the sound of the blades against the thin strands or the feel of the cold metal on his neck, or maybe both—so our parents had made a deal that he didn’t have to get it cut until it was hanging in his eyes.”
― Erin Fletcher, All Laced Up

“When most of my friends broke up with someone, it was the end of the world. The last time Izzy broke up with her girlfriend, the girl cried for weeks. When Jackson broke up with someone or started seeing someone knew, it was about as newsworthy as Izzy getting busted for texting in class again.”
― Erin Fletcher, Tied Up In You

“Then, almost as if my brain wasn't attached to my body, I tipped her chin up and pressed my lips to hers. Everything slipped away: the show in the background, the broken glass in the kitchen, the fact that I was kissing my best friend.”
― Erin Fletcher, Tied Up In You

“Telling stories from my past to my teammates or whatever girl I was seeing was fine, but it wasn't the same as being with the person who'd live those memories too.”
― Erin Fletcher, Tied Up In You

“But when it came to Jackson, breathing was overrated. He wasn't the kind of guy any girl could breathe around, really. Even I wasn't immune.”
― Erin Fletcher, Tied Up In You

“I struggled to remember the last time I'd been forced to interact with Pierce Miller. Since he advanced from Troy Preparatory Academy's hockey team to USA Hockey's National Team Development Program, I'd seen a lot less of him. Less at the rink because his new team practiced at an ice arena in Plymouth, a few cities over and less at school because of his travel schedule with the team.”
― Erin Fletcher, All Laced Up

“My parents always knew to leave me alone after a loss, especially a painful loss like the one tonight. When I got home from the rink, I went straight to my room to sulk and throw things a little harder and beat myself up over the fact that I totally screwed up.”
― Erin Fletcher, All Laced Up

“Despite what she said, it wasn't okay. I'd kiss my best friend. I acted like an idiot who didn't know how to human, not the confident hockey player who kissed girls all the time.

But the worst part? Worse than the kiss or the embarassment or awkwardness that followed. I liked kissing Malina. A lot. I was screwed.”
― Erin Fletcher, Tied Up In You

“Each Zamboni at The Ice House was named after a large animal, real or otherwise: Bessie, Shamu, Dumbo, I could never keep them straight, but Mr. Kozlov always did.”
― Erin Fletcher, All Laced Up

“Jackson and I had started to grow apart the past year as he focused more on hockey and I focused more on school. It sucked and I would have liked to hear from him a whole lot more than I did, but I also knew it was inevitable. Plus, I couldn't deny the fact that I got a lot more schoolwork and college stuff done when he wasn't around.”
― Erin Fletcher, Tied Up In You

“Missing this interview? It's not the end of the world. It is the beginning.”
― Erin Fletcher, Tied Up In You