Quotes

• George: '"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family"'
• Crooks: '"Book's ain't no good. A guy needs somebody – to be near him"'
• George: '"I seen'em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her. You leave her alone"'
• George: '"Curley don't take no chances. He always wins...if he comes in here you move clear to the other side of the room"'
• Slim: '"Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy"'
• George: '"God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy"'
• George: '"I've seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain't good... After a long time they get mean"'
• George: '"With us it ain't like that. We got a future... Why? Because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why"'
• Candy: '"I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog"'
• Slim: '"Never you mind, said Slim. A guy got to sometimes"'
• Curley's wife: '"Coulda been in the movies, an' had nice clothes"'
• Lennie: '"An' live off the fatta the lan ... An' have rabbits"'
• George: '"I wished I could put you in a cage with about a million mice an' let you have fun."'
• Crooks: '"You guys comin' in an' settin' made me forget. What she says is true"'
• George: '"Maybe they'll lock 'im up an' be nice to 'im"'
• Crooks: '"I ain't wanted in the bunk house, and you ain't wanted in my room"'
• Lennie: '"I ain't gonna ... say a word"'