Ice Has Almost Melted Quotes & Sayings

It is extremely difficult to get movies that cost more than $40 million to be made these days. — Neil Jordan

It was not until I was in my forties, in the fifth decade of my life, that the sense of place, the spirit of place, became of paramount importance to me. It was then that I began my travels, that I discovered, through photography, the quality of light, and that I gradually became able to paint the mood of place. — Barbara Cooney

Sometimes I want the friendship of a man but other times I only want his passion. Friendship can be false; passion never lies. — Eric Jerome Dickey

He was silent a moment; then he said, "I want a drink of water."
She almost laughed aloud, because it was such a mundane request that could have been made of anyone, but then she saw the tension in his jaw and lips and realized that, again, he was checking out his condition, and he wanted her with him. She turned to the small Styrofoam pitcher that was kept full of crushed ice, which she used to keep his lips moist. The ice had melted enough that she was able to pour the glass half full of water. She stuck a straw into it and held it to his lips.
Gingerly he sucked the liquid into his mouth and held it for a moment, as if letting it soak into his membranes. Then, slowly, he swallowed, and after a minute he relaxed. "Thank God," he muttered hoarsely. "My throat still feel swollen. I wasn't sure I could swallow, and I sure as hell didn't want that damned tube back."
Behind Jay, Frank turned a smothered laugh into a cough.
"Anything else?" she asked.
"Yes. Kiss me. — Linda Howard

Perhaps this is why one reads fiction to begin with - to live a more interesting reality than one's daily life. — Steven Rigolosi

For as long as I can remember I've had memories. — Colin Mochrie

It does seem like between the groundbreaking writing of Edmund White's generation and the work of younger gay writers in their twenties and thirties there is a kind of gap. — Garth Greenwell

Of course, if I were dead, they could just bury me, and move on. Broken is harder to deal with. — E.K. Johnston

My mom was a model. She had me at 20, so she was a young mother. — Michael Kors