Of Mice + Men Quotes

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#TendTheRabbits

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Lennie: "And I get to tend the rabbits!"

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George: "We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us."

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George still stared morosely at the fire

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Candy: "They'll can me purty soon. Just as soon as a can't swamp out no bunkhouses."

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George: "I ain't gonna let them hurt Lennie."

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Carlson to Curley: "You come for me, an' I'll kick your goddam head off."

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George about (Curley's wife): "I seen em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jailbait worse than her. You leave her be."

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George brought out Carlson's Luger; he snapped off the safety, and the hand and the fun lay on the ground behind Lennie's back.

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Note: The bus drops George and Lennie off a few miles short of the ranch The first sign that they will never reach where they want to be

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Candy: "He's alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he's mad at 'em because he ain't a big guy."

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George piled a two, three and four of diamonds on top.

*Steinbeck uses the suit of diamonds to contrast the life of poverty on the ranch*

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George stared at his solitaire lay

Note: solitaire is a single player game showing his loneliness, and foreshadowing a life without Lennie

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It was difficult for Crooks to conceal his pleasure with anger
(After interrogating Lennie)

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Lennie covered his face with his huge paws and bleated with terror

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Curley's wife: "I get awful lonely."

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George: "This Curley guy seems like a son-of-a-bitch to me. I don't like mean little guys."

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Crooks: "Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land."

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George to Slim: "Sure he's jes like a kid. There ain't no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he's so strong."

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Lennie: "I remember about the rabbits George!"
George: "The hell with the rabbits. That's all you can ever remember is them rabbits."

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Curley's wife: "I don't like Curley. He ain't a nice fella."