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1 " He had sunk into his love for Corbin with the inevitability of gravity. At unexpected moments, he would see Corbin and be caught breathless at the insistence of his need. When Corbin reached for him, he felt that need like magnets finding their way close enough to snap together. "
― Roan Parrish , The Remaking of Corbin Wale
2 " The problem is that even if you don't touch, even if you keep things back ... the feelings are still there. Because love doesn't live in kisses and flowers and first dates. It lives in your mind, in your heart. "
3 " I believe in everything. "
4 " Beneath the hint of blueberries, Alex could taste the wild, winter flavor of Corbin himself, and he’d never tasted anything so intoxicating. "
5 " The problem is that I already love you. "
6 " I’m not sure the world I’ve experienced is a world where curses are quite as . . . rule-based as what you’re describing. "
7 " His face and the set of his shoulders made Alex want to tramp through the woods as the leaves fell, run through fields to tumble him down on sun-warmed grass, press flowers to his lips to see which were softer. "
8 " I don't really believe there's one destined soul mate for each person," [Alex] went on. "But I do think that with numbers like those, it's likely that no matter what you believe or who you are, there's someone out there - probably a lot of someones - who could see you clearly. Who could understand you, and care about you. Who could love you. "
9 " In this reality, they breathed together, chests nearly touching on their inhalations, lips slightly parted like they could taste the sweetness of each other’s air. "
10 " What’s cream of tartar.” “It’s an acid that’s used as a leavener. When it’s combined with baking soda, they produce carbon dioxide gas, which is the same thing that yeast in bread produces. It’ll make the cookies soft. "
11 " He saw the monsters that love and longing could make, and they all had human faces. "
12 " The remaking of Corbin Wale was a constant overturning, like the ocean tides.The remaking of Alex Barrow had been far less tempestuous, It had been a deepening, an underscoring. "
13 " Alex left one hand on Corbin's shoulder and laid the other on Gareth's arm, shaking his head. In that moment, Corbin saw so clearly who Alex was. The man whose touch could gentle. The man whose presence soothed. The man who was so full up with weighty presence he had ballast to spare.His aunts had had a name for people like Alex. Kedge. The mooring that kept things from drifting off, kept them anchored to the here and now. "
