“The first man was small and quick… with sharp, strong features.” | George |
“If I was alone I could live so easy.” | George |
“He’s my… cousin.” | George |
“His eyes were full of wonder. “I bet we could swing her.” | George |
“Don’t tell nobody about it.” | George |
“I think I knowed we’d never do her.” | George |
“George shivered… looked at the gun… he threw it from him.” | George |
“He kept his distance and demanded other people kept theirs.” | Crooks |
“I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain’t wanted in my room.” | Crooks |
“Nobody gets to heaven and nobody never gets no land.” | Crooks |
“reduced himself to nothing” | Crooks |
“S’pose George don’t come back no more.” | Crooks |
“Crooks’ bunk was a long box filled with straw, on which his blankets were flung.” | Crooks |
“And scattered about the floor were a number of personal possessions.” | Crooks |
“heavily made up” | Curley’s Wife |
“What a tramp… that’s what Curley picks for a wife.” | Curley’s Wife |
“She’s gonna make a mess… She’s a jailbait all set on the trigger.” | Curley’s Wife |
“Keep your place… I could get you strung up on a tree so easy.” | Curley’s Wife |
“He was gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a natural.” | Curley’s Wife |
“What’s the matter with me? … Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody?” | Curley’s Wife |
“And all the meanness and the ache for attention were all gone from her face.” | Curley’s Wife |
“He moved with a majesty only achieved by royalty” | Slim |
“You guys travel around together?” His tone was friendly.” | Slim |
“Slim’s opinions were law.” | Slim |
“Oh! Hello, Crooks. What’s a matter?” | Slim |
“Slim sighed. “Well, I guess we got to get him.” | Slim |
“You hadda George. I swear you hadda.” | Slim |
“Candy looked for help from face to face.” | Candy |
“They’ll can me purty soon. Jus’ as soon as i can’t swamp out no bunkhouses.” | Candy |
“I ‘aught to have shot that dog myself.” | Candy |
“Candy went on excitedly, “How much they want for a place like that?” | Candy |
“I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup.” | Candy |
“What we gonna do now, George?” | Candy |
“Lennie, who had been watching, imitated George exactly.” | Lennie |
“Behind him walked his opposite… like a bear drags its paws.” | Lennie |
“Lennie droned…. I ain’t gonna say nothin'” | Lennie |
“It ain’t no lie. We’re gonna do it.” | Lennie |
“Who hurt George?” He demanded.” | Lennie |
“He won’t.” Lennie cried frantically… “I know George.” | Lennie |
“He glanced coldly… calculating and pugnacious.” | Curley |
“Curley lashed… “What the hell are you getting into it for?” | Curley |
“Curley’s like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys.” | Curley |
“Curley burst into the room…”Any you guys seen my wife?” He demanded.” | Curley |
“Where the hell’s Slim?” | Curley |
“I’m gonna shoot the guts out of that big bastard myself.” | Curley |
Of Mice and Men – Character Quotes
April 26, 2020