{"quotes":[{"text":"Hockey suffers from being compared to itself in ways that other sports are not. Every four years, some of us fawn over Olympic hockey, a great event with bigger rinks, minimal goonishness and national pride in addition to the heightened skills of veritable all-star squads.","author":"George Vecsey","tags":["great","pride","hockey "],"id":15210,"author_id":"George+Vecsey"},{"text":"Some anthems are great for sports. You've got the Russian national anthem... 'O Canada,' how wonderful is that for hockey... But I chose the Italian national song because at my first World Cup, I saw the Italians play four times, and they won all four times - they won the championship.","author":"George Vecsey","tags":["great","world","hockey "],"id":18236,"author_id":"George+Vecsey"},{"text":"I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!","author":"Nancy Kerrigan","tags":["hockey","year","younger "],"id":33660,"author_id":"Nancy+Kerrigan"},{"text":"Someone like Grace. Someone exactly like Grace, with her Ted Bundy rantsand her calming presence and—hello, irony.","author":"Elle Kennedy","tags":["college","contemporary","hockey","humor-funny","new-adult","romance","sports"],"id":47706,"author_id":"Elle+Kennedy"},{"text":"His eyes are a hazy swirl ofgray, like a thick mass of clouds gathering before an impending storm.","author":"Elle Kennedy","tags":["college","contemporary","hockey","humor-funny","new-adult","romance","sports"],"id":53687,"author_id":"Elle+Kennedy"},{"text":"I mean, I went to a Catholic boys' school for a year, but that was to play hockey. Religion class was quite contentious for me.","author":"Keanu Reeves","tags":["school","me","hockey "],"id":80815,"author_id":"Keanu+Reeves"},{"text":"I want something real. Something that leads to something more than sex.","author":"Victoria Denault","tags":["contemporary-romance","hockey","sports"],"id":106683,"author_id":"Victoria+Denault"},{"text":"Drama is played at the pace of chess... Or billiards... Or poker. Engrossing? Sure. But comedy is played at the jubilant, high-octane speed of sports like basketball or hockey.","author":"Mark Waters","tags":["hockey","speed","chess "],"id":115290,"author_id":"Mark+Waters"},{"text":"Jordie and I tried to have sex in the kitchen and almost caught it on fir. I was cleaning smoke and burned shit off my brand-new stove all afternoon.'Lacey's face twisted in confusion and she sputtered with laughter. 'Do I even want to know how this happened?'Kacey grinned. 'He threw my shirt on the stove, and I had forgotten to shut it off. Boom! Flames, fire.","author":"Toni Aleo","tags":["hockey","humor","romance"],"id":115464,"author_id":"Toni+Aleo"},{"text":"My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don't think he ever missed a hockey game I was in.","author":"Denis Leary","tags":["great","game","hockey "],"id":119511,"author_id":"Denis+Leary"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":60,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}