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“The shirt seemed heavy until he saw there was another shirt inside it, the sleeves carefully worked down inside Jack’s sleeves. It was his own plaid shirt, lost, he’d thought, long ago in some damn laundry, his dirty shirt, the pocket ripped, buttons missing, stolen by Jack and hidden here inside Jack’s own shirt, the pair like two skins, one inside the other, two in one.”
― Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain

“There was an urgency in Scott’s eyes, but when he finally leaned in and kissed Kip, it was slow and deliberate. It wasn’t a conversation; it was Scott telling him something important, and making sure Kip was listening.”
― Rachel Reid, Game Changer

“I wish I knew how to quit you.”
― Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain

“I know you hated that guy.”
“Hate is a strong word,” Scott said. “A strong, accurate word.”
― Rachel Reid, Game Changer