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Favorite lines from Proulx's story- an Ode to TOB
Luvlylittlewing:
One of my favorite lines, a line that always haunts me is,
He could smell Jack - the intensely familiar odor of cigarettes, musky sweat and a faint sweetness like grass, and with it the rushing cold of the mountain.
Just imagine Ennis responding to his lover's smell! Even after 4 years he remembers the special scent of the person he loves above all others.
And with it the rushing cold of the mountain..
Brings sort of a mystical quality to it all. You can almost feel the cold - it must have chilled Ennis to the bone! Wonderful!
Amber:
A lot of the ones mentioned definitely make my list - but I have a few more as well.
"Nothing ended, nothing begun, nothing resolved." - I think that line just speaks volumes about their relationship at the end. I wish they could have begun and resolved things but it wasn't meant to be. Painful.
The other is one from my signature. I'd include the entire passage but it's rather long - I will however give a little more text.
"... and still they clenched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg toghether, treading on each other's toes until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, little darlin." I can just see Ennis whispering this to Jack ... I'm kind of disappointed they didn't include this in the movie, but I also see why they did not. It just wouldn't have fit. Still, it's one of my favorite parts of the book.
mvansand76:
As they descended the slope Ennis felt he was in a slow-motion, but headlong irreversible fall."
I love that line, it shows the meaning of falling in love, you can't control it...
nakymaton:
Bump in celebration of the anniversary of the publication of the short story!
There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it, you've got to stand it.
Front-Ranger:
Thanks for the bump, Mel! Among many others, I like, "...nothing he'd done before but no instruction manual needed." It's a very guy-way to describe the action!!
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