Ice, Ice Baby

Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
-- Robert Frost 


It isn’t necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork and the other is nostalgia.
-- Frank Zappa

Walking on Thin Ice
Walking on thin ice,
I’m paying the price
For throwing the dice in the air.
Why must we learn it the hard way
And play the game of life with your heart?
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I knew a girl who tried to walk across the lake,
Course it was winter when all this was ice.
That's a hell of a thing to do, you know.
They say the lake is as big as the ocean.
I wonder if she knew about it?
-- Yoko Ono

Long needles of ice
Stitch the open water up
On a winter pond.

Ice on the sidewalks
A discarded Christmas tree
Shelters the sparrows.

A light sheen of frost
Turns dull yellow winter grass
Into sparkling gold.

Hamlet in a rage to Ophelia

If you marry, I’ll give you this curse as your wedding present—be as clean as ice, as pure as the driven snow, and you’ll still get a bad reputation. Get yourself to a convent, at once. Good-bye. Or if you have to get married, marry a fool, since wise men know far too well that you’ll cheat on them. Good-bye.
Shakespeare -- Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 1

I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.
-- David Lee Roth

Foreigner -- Cold as Ice