Of Mice and Men

Book · 4 characters · 413 quotes · 1937

Quotes from Of Mice and Men

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"I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why."
Lennie Small Friendship
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"Lennie ain't no good. I can see Lennie ain't no good now"
George Milton
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"I love to listen to talkin'"
Lennie Small Peace
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"He ain't much of a talker, is he?"
Curley's wife
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"I'm gonna wash up my clothes in the pool"
Lennie Small
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"Maybe if I give you guys my money, you'll let me hoe in the garden"
Candy
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"I'll shoot 'em in the back of the head"
George Milton
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"I ain't gonna let nothin' happen to you, Lennie"
George Milton
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"God, you're a talker"
George Milton
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"If I was alone I could live so easy"
George Milton
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"I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely"
Curley's wife
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"The boss gives us hell when he's mad"
Candy Work
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"I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain't no good"
George Milton
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"I could go away an' get along fine by myself"
George Milton
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"Lennie is a God damn nuisance most of the time"
George Milton
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"I ain't a bad guy"
Curley's wife
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"You jus' ain't gonna say nothin'. You jus' gonna set there an' not say nothing"
George Milton
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"They play cards an' they read an' they drink whiskey"
Lennie Small Imagination
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"I cook good. I'm a pretty good cook"
Curley's wife
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"He was a good dog"
Candy
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"I can still tend the rabbits, George?"
Lennie Small Hope
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"Don't you worry none. An' iff you're in trouble I ain't gonna let nothin' happen to you"
George Milton Courage
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"Curley's wife is a jail bait all set on the trigger"
George Milton
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"An' then I'll go in the hills an' I'll live there by myself"
Lennie Small Fear
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"I done a real bad thing"
Lennie Small
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"Somebody took my pup"
Lennie Small
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"A guy got to have dreams"
Candy Dreams
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"All the boys in here got a little piece of land in their head"
George Milton Dreams
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"I'm gonna beat hell out of you an' I'm gonna beat hell out of you an' I ain't gonna let him interfere"
Curley's wife Power
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"Leave me be, Lennie. You can go find your own way to the brush"
George Milton