The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[memento]

Ennis initially communicated through grunts and mumbles until he finally opened up and said: "Hell, that's the most I've spoke in a year."

[southendmd]

After being aroused from sleep in TS1, Ennis harrumphed a poorly articulated "what'reyoudoin'?"

[Fran]

While at the Motel Siesta, story Jack tells Ennis that he's getting out of the injury-laden profession of bull riding while he can still walk.

[Meryl]

Although he liked the cut of Ennis's jib, Jack wondered if he would jib at the idea of being "more than friends."

[memento]

Jack refrained from taking a look-see at Ennis while he was bathing.

[southendmd]

Ennis was moping around on the grassy knoll at the prospect of having to part company with Jack.

[Fran]

"Jack is the only one who dares grab with bare hands at the barbed wire twisted up inside Ennis.  In one of 2005's greatest performances, Ledger shows how Ennis' slow-building appreciation and affection for Jack's actions wear down his defenses."

-- Nick Rogers, State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)

[Meryl]

Ennis' and Jack's ongoing affair evolved gradually over the years, but one thing was always the same:  never enough time, never enough.

[memento]

While still in his prime, Ennis didn't let a prime opportunity to become a sinner slip through his fingers.

[Fran]

While at the Motel Siesta, story Jack gave Ennis a rundown of the injuries he had sustained riding bulls.