Of Mice And Men Quotes

Front 1

"I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her."

Back 1

George Milton

Front 2

"I ain't mad. I never been mad."

Back 2

George Milton

Front 3

"I seen jail bait before."

Back 3

George Milton

Front 4

"I jus' wanted to pet 'um."

Back 4

Lennie Small

Front 5

"tend the rabbits."

Back 5

Lennie Small

Front 6

"Strong as a bull."

Back 6

Lennie Small

Front 7

"There ain't nobody can keep up with him."

Back 7

Lennie Small

Front 8

"Jus' like a big baby."

Back 8

Lennie Small

Front 9

"You want I should go away?"

Back 9

Lennie Small

Front 10

"Leggo of him Lennie,"

Back 10

George Milton

Front 11

"" who hurt George?" he demanded."

Back 11

Lennie Small

Front 12

"I done a bad thing."

Back 12

Lennie Small

Front 13

"The negro stable book."

Back 13

Crooks

Front 14

"He gives the stable book hell."

Back 14

The Boss

Front 15

"Smitty said he woulda killed the ******."

Back 15

Crooks

Front 16

"Sure. And a manure pile under the window."

Back 16

Crooks

Front 17

"Guys don't come into a coloured mans room very much."

Back 17

Crooks

Front 18

"You won't get no land."

Back 18

Crooks

Front 19

"his voice was toneless."

Back 19

Crooks

Front 20

"Crooks had reduced himself to nothing."

Back 20

Crooks

Front 21

"Crooks seemed to grow smaller."

Back 21

Crooks

Front 22

"" Yes ma'am" and his voice was toneless."

Back 22

Crooks

Front 23

"everything that might be hurt drawn in."

Back 23

Crooks

Front 24

"A guy gets too lonley an' he gets sick."

Back 24

Crooks

Front 25

"A few dirty books."

Back 25

Crooks

Front 26

"Lennie: Why aren't you wanted?
Crooks: 'cause I'm black"

Back 26

Crooks

Front 27

"I ain't a southern negro."

Back 27

Crooks

Front 28

"Crooks was a proud, aloof man."

Back 28

Crooks

Front 29

"You got no rights comin' in a coloured mans room."

Back 29

Crooks

Front 30

"It was difficult for Crooks to conceal his pleasure."

Back 30

Crooks

Front 31

"Slims opinions were law."

Back 31

Slim

Front 32

"He moved with a majesty only achieved by royalty and master craftsman."

Back 32

Slim

Front 33

"The prince of the ranch."

Back 33

Slim

Front 34

"His fingers explored her neck."

Back 34

Slim

Front 35

"Hi good luckin'"

Back 35

Slim

Front 36

"Thinks Slim's with his wife."

Back 36

Slim

Front 37

"I guess we gotta get 'im."

Back 37

Slim

Front 38

"A quiet so profound that all talk stopped."

Back 38

Slim

Front 39

"understanding beyond thought."

Back 39

Slim

Front 40

"A gravity in his manner."

Back 40

Slim

Front 41

"He stiffened and went into a slight crouch."

Back 41

Curley

Front 42

"scrappy"

Back 42

Curley

Front 43

"Curley stepped over to Lennie like a terrier."

Back 43

Curley

Front 44

"a glove fulla' Vaseline."

Back 44

Curley

Front 45

"He hates big guys."

Back 45

Curley

Front 46

You don't see Curley and his wife together until she's dead

Back 46

Curley and his wife

Front 47

"I'm so used to him. I had him from a pup."

Back 47

Candy

Front 48

"" You an' me can get that little place can't we George? Can't we?" Candy dropped his head and looked down. He knew."

Back 48

Candy

Front 49

"What stake you got in this guy?"

Back 49

The Boss

Front 50

"Know what he done at Christmas? Brong a gallon of whiskey."

Back 50

The Boss

Front 51

"This guy said I was a natural."

Back 51

Curley's wife

Front 52

"Could'a been in the movies."

Back 52

Curley's wife

Front 53

"I ain't to have nothin' to do with you."

Back 53

Lennie Small

Front 54

"I don't like Curley."

Back 54

Curley's wife

Front 55

"I get awful lonely."

Back 55

Curley's wife

Front 56

"I ain't used to livin' like this."

Back 56

Curley's wife

Front 57

"She brindeles a little."

Back 57

Curley's wife

Front 58

"Leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward."

Back 58

Curley's wife

Front 59

"Keep your place then ******."

Back 59

Curley's wife

Front 60

"you bindle bums."

Back 60

Curley's wife

Front 61

"A ****** & a dum sum & a lousy ol' sheep."

Back 61

Curley's wife

Front 62

Not given a name

Back 62

Curley's wife

Front 63

"She was very pretty and simple."

Back 63

Curley's wife, dead

Front 64

"Her face was sweet and young."

Back 64

Curley's wife, dead

Front 65

"The meanness and the planning and the discontent were all gone from her face."

Back 65

Curley's wife, dead

Front 66

"He fell to cleaning the barel."

Back 66

Carlson

Front 67

"What the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys?"

Back 67

Carlson

Front 68

"I get to tend the rabbits."

Back 68

Lennie Small

Front 69

"We'd have our own place where we belong."

Back 69

George Milton

Front 70

"It'd be our own and nobody could can us."

Back 70

George Milton

Front 71

"I ain't much good."

Back 71

Candy

Front 72

"I won't have no place to go."

Back 72

Candy

Front 73

"When they can me here I wisht t somebody'd shoot me."

Back 73

Candy

Front 74

"I'd come and lend a hand."

Back 74

Crooks

Front 75

"Want a hand to work for nothing?"

Back 75

Crooks

Front 76

"I met a guy. He was gonna put me in the movies."

Back 76

Curley's wife

Front 77

"All them nice clothes."

Back 77

Curley's wife

Front 78

"They'll can me purty soon."

Back 78

Candy

Front 79

"We got each other. That's what. That gives a hoot in hell about us."

Back 79

Lennie and George

Front 80

"Funny how you an' him string along together."

Back 80

Lennie and George

Front 81

"Jus' a dead mouse, George. I didn't kill it."

Back 81

Lennie Small

Front 82

"Why do you got to get killed?"

Back 82

Lennie Small

Front 83

"I done a bad thing."

Back 83

Lennie Small

Front 84

"Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again."

Back 84

Lennie Small

Front 85

" God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble....An' whatta I got,' George went on furiously. 'I got you!"

Back 85

George Milton

Front 86

" Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world."

Back 86

George Milton

Front 87

"I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog."

Back 87

Candy