1. Of Mice and Men – quotes
“Lennie, for God’ sakes don’t drink so much” George
“Lennie, who had been watching, imitated George exactly” Narrator
“Jesus Christ, you’re a crazy bastard” George
“He said, patiently, ‘I like ‘em with ketchup” Lennie
“If I was alone I could live so easy” George
“When I think of the swell time I could have without you, I go nuts” George
“Well I could. I could go off in the hills there. Some place I’d find a cave” Lennie
“Lennie avoided the bait. He had sensed his advantage” Lennie
“Tell me – like you done before” Lennie
“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world” George
“With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to” George
“Because I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you” Lennie
“To get in trouble like you always done before” George
“Red and blue and green rabbits, Lennie. Millions of ‘em” George
“Lennie got up and did the same with his bed” Narrator
“The stable buck’s a nigger” Candy
“Got a crooked back where a horse kicked him” Candy
“What stake you got in this guy? ” Boss
“I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy” Boss
“A guy on a ranch don’t never listen nor he don’t ask no questions” Candy
“Curley’s married … a tart” Candy
“The rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off” Narrator
“She’s purty” Lennie
“She’s a rat trap” George
“He moved with a majesty only achieved my royalty … the prince of the ranch” Narrator
“His authority was so great that his word was taken” Narrator
“We kinda look after each other” George
“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other” Slim
“Never seem to give a damn about nobody” Slim
“I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. They ain’t no good” George
“A shot sounded in the distance” Narrator
“For a moment he continued to stare at the celling. Then he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silent” Narrator
“She’s a jail bait” George
“Why is it both end’s the same” Lennie
“S’pose I went in with you guys” Candy
“This thing they had never really believed in was coming true” Narrator
“I bet we could swing her.’ His eyes were full of wonder” George

2. “I can still tend the rabbits, George? ” Lennie
“He had books, too; a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905” Narrator
“Crooks was a proud, aloof man. He kept his distance and demanded that other people kept theirs” Narrator
“You got no right to come in my room” Crooks
“I ain’t wanted in the bunk house, and you ain’t wanted in my room” Crooks
“Don’t come in a place where you’re not wanted” Crooks
“A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody” Crooks
“Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody never gets no land” Crooks
“George says we are” Candy
“They left all the weak ones here” Curley’s Wife
“You got no rights comin’ in a colored man’s room” Crooks
“Listen, Nigger,’she said. ‘You know what I can do to you if you open your trap” Curley’s Wife
“I wouldn't want to go to no place like that” Crooks
“I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely” Curley’s Wife
“I coulda made somethin’ of myself” Curley’s Wife
“She says no. So I married Curley” Curley’s Wife
“I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella” Curley’s Wife
“I done a bad thing. I done another bad thing” Lennie
“I should of knew.’ George said hopelessly. ‘I guess maybe way back in my head I did” George
“You an’ me can get that little place, can't we, George” Candy
“Candy dropped his head and looked down at the hay. He knew” Narrator
“I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her” George
“Ever’body knowed you’d mess things up. You wasn’t no good” [To Curley’s Wife] Candy
“You stay here with her then, Candy. The rest of us better get goin’. ” Candy
“A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its
tail waved frantically” Narrator
“Lennie appeared out of the brush, as he came as silently as a creeping bear” Narrator
“The light climbed out of the valley” Narrator
“He’s gonna beat the hell outta you with a stick” Rabbit
“Tell me like you done before” Lennie
“The shouts of the men sounded again, this time much closer than before” Narrator
“Look acrost the river, Lennie, an’ I’ll tell you so you can almost see it” George
“The darkening slopes of the Galibans” Narrator
“Lets do it now. Le’s get that place now” Lennie
“A guy got to sometimes” Slim
“You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come with me. ” Slim