Of Mice and Men Quotes

Of Mice and Men Quotes

1. George

   • "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world."
   • "God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy."
   • "Ain't many guys travel around together."

2. Lennie

   • "Slowly like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball back to its master."
   • "We could live offa the fatta the lan'."
   • "Because I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you."

3. Crooks

   • "I tell ya a guy gets too lonely 'an he feels sick."
   • "My old man had a chicken ranch."
   • "Crooks could leave his things about and being a stable buck and a cripple, he was more permanent than other men."
   • "You got no right to come in my room."
   • "A mauled copy of the California Civil Code."
   • "A paint brush sticking over the edge."

4. Slim

   • "Prince of the ranch."
   • "Capable of driving, ten, fifteen, even twenty mules."
   • "His tone was friendly. It invited confidence without demanding it."
   • "He was a jerkline skinner."
   • "He was capable of killing a fly on a wheeler's butt with a bull whip without touching the mule."
   • "There was a gravity in his manner and a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke."

5. Candy

   • "I ought to of shot that dog myself, George."
   • "When they came in her I wisht somebody'd shoot me. But they won't do nothing like that."

6. Curley's Wife

   • "I think Curley's married a tart."
   • "Coulda been in the movies and had nice clothes."