Loneliness

• 'guys like us ... are the loneliest guys in the world' - George, section 1
• 'think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in a while?' - Curley's wife, section 4
• Curley's wife is '[stuck] in that house alla time'
• Curley's wife 'can't talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad' - section 5
• 'Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody to be near him' - Crooks
• 'I ain't got no relatives nor nothing' - Candy, section 3
• 'they'll can me purty soon ... I won't have no place to go' - Candy, section 3
• 'A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody' - Crooks, section 4