"God, I was scared I'd lost you"
Friendship
"Someday—we're gonna get our own place"
Hope
"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world"
Solitude
"With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us"
Friendship
"I ain't mad. I ain't mad at you. That ain't nobody's fault"
Kindness
"An' then we'd be all alone again"
"My heart sinks every time I think about Lennie"
"We're gonna have a little house"
Dreams
"There's a guy comes in an' he's got a little place"
Hope
"The nice thing is to have land"
Wisdom
"Forget about it, Lennie. It wasn't your fault"
"We're gonna get our own house. But not yet"
Patience
"Lennie, you got work to do"
"I been mean to ya, Lennie"
"An' live off the fatta the land an' have nice things"
Dreams
"I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you"
Friendship
"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world"
Solitude
"I could go away and never come back"
Freedom
"Lennie, you gonna do bad things"
Wisdom
"You do bad things and I ain't gonna let you"
Strength
"It wasn't no good to keep him"
"An' have a garden and a chicken run"
Dreams
"You jus' keep your mouth shut"
Wisdom
"Nobody gonna hurt you"
"I could jus' go away"
"You stay right there"
"I could live so easy"
Freedom
"You do it now, when I tell you to"
Leadership
"Don't do no bad things"
"We got our own place"